Terminal Alliance

Hines’ new series starter introduces an imaginative take on military sf featuring the last crew not shambling on a military freighter—the ship’s janitorial staff. This is set after a pandemic which left the human race feral and an alien race known as the Krakau have come up with a cure that allows them to suppress the problem and uses humans as a mercenary fighting force. Now something has been introduced to the EMCS Pufferfish that’s left the majority of the crew either feral or dead. Luckily, Lt. Marion “Mops” Adamopoulos and her Shipboard Hygiene and Sanitation team are in biohazard suits as the agent spreads. In the process of trying to save the remaining feral crew they uncover a conspiracy that could undermine the Krakau Alliance.  I loved this and can’t wait for the next book!