The Infinite Battle (Starhounds, No 1)
"Laura Shemzak. Irreverent, rebellious, beautiful. A woman with an impossible mission: to rescue her beloved brother, the most brilliant physicist of the Empire, from the awesome aliens, the Jaxdron. To succeed, Laura must gain control of the top-secret Mark XT 'blip-ship.' And to do that, she is forced into an uneasy alliance with the notorious space pirate, the bitter, cynical Captain Tars Northern. And that's when Laura's adventure really begins..."--Back cover.