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RAGING HORMONES IN A SPACE NAVY Aboard HMS Lafayette in the closing years of the twenty-first century, the youngest sailors are entering puberty; the captain and senior gunner are menopausal; the wardroom is filled with hormonally energized junior lieutenants; and the mission is a long, boring voyage home. It’s hard to remember that there’s a war for species survival raging in space, and Maggie Steele, the twenty-year-old first officer, has her hands full dealing with the emotional storms. Linda Grant De Pauw, a retired university professor best known for her work in women’s military history has created a fantasy world that is perfect escape reading for our difficult times. De Pauw has imagined a space navy filled with the rich traditions of the age of sail with a few significant improvements: gender prejudice has disappeared from memory, officers really are morally superior people, and the war is unquestionably just. Funny, exciting, filled with surprises, the community aboard HMS Lafayette includes a host of salty characters including the ghost of a former captain, a thirteen-year old sociopath working on a plan to take over the universe, a stowaway cat, and an unanticipated baby. Readers of all ages will love this book.