“The galaxy didn’t need heroes. It needed a crew that was too young to know when to quit.”

Twelve-year-old Jax is the best pilot in the Boring Belt at least in his own head. When he’s not dodging asteroid-drills or fixing rusty ion engines with chewing gum and a prayer, he’s dreaming of a life beyond the quiet outskirts of the Federation. His chance arrives when he and his team the rule-following navigator Maya and Orb, a sarcastic tactical droid with a glitchy sense of humor stumble upon a Pre-Aurelian Map hidden in a pile of space junk.

But this isn’t a map to treasure. It’s a map to a mystery that has stayed buried for a thousand years.

As the crew of the Stellar Skimmer is pulled into the forgotten depths of Sector 7, they realize they are being hunted. An ancient, hungry darkness known as The Shadow is waking up, consuming star systems and silencing entire worlds. From the blistering heat of binary suns to the sticky traps of the Marshmallow Galaxy, Jax and his friends must master the “Ranger Rhythm” and unlock the power of the Star-Heart before the lights go out across the universe forever.

Packed with high-stakes space-walks, mysterious alien libraries, and heart-pounding ship chases, The Junior Galactic Rangers is a story about how even the smallest spark can chase away the deepest dark.