Cadet Bastien Devereaux is a thirteen-year-old doctor's apprentice who finds himself unexpectedly torn out of cryogenic hibernation. The ship's air is foul and poisoned. His fellow cadets remain asleep. The adult crew is missing. The Grace O'Malley looks as if she's barely survived the fight of her life. With no assurances of rescue and with an unexplainable mystery on his hands, Bastien is thrust down a path where his life, and the lives of his fellow sleeping cadets, may soon be snuffed out in the void between the stars. With danger in the darkness of space, Bastien must lead the efforts to repair the ship while guarding against the pressures of trauma-induced anxiety and the fear of failing those who now look to him for leadership. And if he succeeds? The doctor's apprentice must still unravel the secrets behind their strange predicament, determine how to keep everyone safe, and plot a course towards a home that may be much farther away than initially believed. For avid science fiction fans and young readers who yearn for thought-provoking galactic adventure, The Horizon Of Hope pulls inspiration from Roddenberry's Star Trek, Lowell's Trader Tales, and Weber's Honorverse, while telling the story of a young man trying to find the inner strength to overcome seemingly insurmountable challenges.