Aetherbound
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Set on a family-run interstellar freighter called the Harland and a mysterious remote space station, E. K. Johnston's latest is story of survival and self-determination.
Pendt Harland's family sees her as a waste of food on their long-haul space cruiser when her genes reveal an undesirable mutation. But if she plays her cards right she might have a chance to do much more than survive. During a space-station layover, Pendt escapes and forms a lucky bond with the Brannick twins, the teenage heirs of the powerful family that owns the station. Against all odds, the trio hatches a long-shot scheme to take over the station and thwart the destinies they never wished for.
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The author gives a trigger warning - “This book contains a scene of medical violence. Characters also obsess about food and count calories.” What this warning misses is that the book includes the following themes: loss of bodily autonomy, human trafficking, forced pregnancy, abuse against children, murder of infants.
And that's not to mention that two of the three main characters have sex in order to reproduce, because Pendt says it will be easier if she's interacting inside herself. As if artificial insemination isn't a thing.
