Devastation Class by Glen Zipper; Elaine Mongeon (New, 2020, HC, 341 pgs, Blink)

New. ISBN 9780310769002

In Devastation Class by Glen Zipper and Elaine Mongeon, following the Alliance's successful Nine-Year War against an invasion by the advanced alien race called the Kastazi, the former Devastation-Class battleship UAS California has been transformed into an education platform for gifted students chosen to help protect Earth against future invasions. JD Marshall finds himself an Alliance cadet on the California's latest Explorers Program training mission, led by his war-decorated father. But after weeks of drills and lessons on the ship's experimental Blink Reactor, JD would do anything to leave. 

But just as JD is about to get his wish, an attack by the Kastazi while the California is docked leaves the ship without leadership or defense. Along with his best friend and talented pilot, Viv, as well as his fellow cadets, JD helps seize control of the ship and finds himself in the captain's seat, beginning a daring escape that will take all the skill and courage of the young crew. When their escape transports them to a reality they don't recognize and reveals unimaginably terrifying secrets, they must fight their way home to save not just everyone they love but also humanity itself. Standing in their way are an insurmountable enemy, saboteurs from within, a mystery eons in the making, and the fabric of time and space itself. Recommended for ages 13 years and older.