Challenger's hope

The second installment of the Seafort Saga finds Nick Seafort heading back to Hope Nation, but danger isn & rsquo;t far behind ... After his heroics aboard the Hibernia in Midshipman & rsquo;s Hope, Nicholas Seafort wins command of his first ship, the Challenger, and joins Admiral Tremaine & rsquo;s task force. Their first meeting is a rude awakening, however, as Tremaine demotes him to a smaller, overcrowded ship and blatantly ignores Seafort & rsquo;s report of alien life on Hope Nation. Above all, Seafort is anxious for his pregnant wife, who & rsquo;s due to have their baby on the journey. After an alien attack and an admiral & rsquo;s betrayal, a wounded Seafort is left stranded aboard a ship short of weapons and fuel. Hundreds of lives hang in the balance as Seafort must find a way to survive.