“I’ve pushed so many frontiers in my life, I just want one more.” Perhaps that is not the noblest motivation out there, but for David Davis, the protagonist of the novel USS Primis: The First Starship by M.H. Altis, it may not even be true....

Despite being the captain of the chess club, Elijah still struggles to fit in and find acceptance among his classmates at school. His novel approach to every matter makes it dull for the jocks and the popular kids like Kai, who instead prefer to involve...