Sassinak: Anne McCaffrey; Elizabeth Moon

Book I of Planet Pirates. Sassinak was twelve when the raiders same. Old enough to be used, young enough to be broken - so they thought. But they reckoned without the girl's steel will of revenge on the pirates who had killed her parents and friends. When the chance comes to escape, Sassinak grabs it, thanks to the help of a captured Fleet crewman. Returned to the Federation of Sentient Planets, she initiates her revenge by joining the Fleet as a recruit, surprising all with her rise to senior rank. Then vengeance begins in earnest. Cover art by Mark Harrison. https://cosmiccauldronbooks.com.au/p/the-death-of-sleep-anne-mccaffrey-and-jody-lynn-nye-2/