Earth's first Galactic Ranger candidate is in over her head. Valentina is pranked by the class bully, despised by her roommate, and the sole witness to the murder and replacement of the Galactic Ranger General by a genetic imposter. It's going to be pretty embarrassing for Earth if she fails out of Ranger school!

A group of first millenium wizards sail a viking ship into space to find a new source of magic.