Book excerpt: The complete The Lost Star series. Follow Ava and Hunter through a plot millennia in the making in this four-episode boxset. Some are born into responsibility. Some seek it out. And some turn from it. Ava is an Avixan priestess, a powerful being with a powerful destiny to keep her people on the true and righteous path. A destiny she despises. To flee it, she joins the Coalition Academy. But her past catches up. When she joins the newest ship in the fleet, someone tries to kill her. She’s soon thrust into a secret war – one that spans the entire Milky Way. Yet she is not alone. The unpredictable Hunter McClane is by her side. Together they must find out what’s at stake before it’s too late. … The Lost Star follows a shackled superweapon and a judgmental lieutenant thrown deep into an enemy empire. If you crave space operas with action, heart, and a splash of romance, grab The Lost Star: The Complete Series today and soar free with an Odette C. Bell boxset. The Lost Star is the 4th Galactic Coalition Academy series. A sprawling, epic, and exciting sci-fi world where cadets become heroes and hearts are always won, each series can be read separately, so plunge in today.