The Sibyl's War Series by Timothy Zahn

Nicole 19 drinks and takes drugs to suppress voices whispering in her head. Bleeding out from a knife wound, thug Bungie waves a gun at her and ER doc Sam. Winged aliens speak to her, and kidnap all three. Content, she is still a pawn aboard Fyrantha, hearing directions from the live spaceship to Sibyls for human repair crews. Human leader Plato warns her explorations endanger Earth. Defiantly, she continues, exposing worlds to the ship's warring factions.

A legend of Space Opera is back with Knight, the second book in Timothy Zahn's Sibyl's War seriesNicole Hammond was just trying to survive on the streets of Philadelphia, then she and her partner Bungie were abducted by a race of mysterious moth-like aliens and taken to a strange ship called the Fyrantha.Now she is a Sibyl, a special human that has the ability to communicate with the aliens and their ship, and no one is happy... moreA legend of Space Opera is back with Knight, the second book in Timothy Zahn's Sibyl's War seriesNicole Hammond was just trying to survive on the streets of Philadelphia, then she and her partner Bungie were abducted by a race of mysterious moth-like aliens and taken to a strange ship called the Fyrantha.Now she is a Sibyl, a special human that has the ability to communicate with the aliens and their ship, and no one is happy. Competing factions control different parts of the Fyrantha with the humans and other sentient aliens caught in the middle. But Nicole is done being bullied, and now she has a plan to take control of the ship. She just has to outsmart war profiteers and slavers to do it. less

Queen is the climactic conclusion to New York Times bestselling author Timothy Zahn's thrilling space adventure series, The Sybil's War."Tim Zahn is a master of tactics and puts his own edge on complex hard-SF thrillers." --Kevin J. Anderson, New York Times bestselling author.Nicole Hammond is a Sibyl, a special human that has the ability to communicate with a strange alien ship called the Fyrantha... moreQueen is the climactic conclusion to New York Times bestselling author Timothy Zahn's thrilling space adventure series, The Sybil's War."Tim Zahn is a master of tactics and puts his own edge on complex hard-SF thrillers." --Kevin J. Anderson, New York Times bestselling author.Nicole Hammond is a Sibyl, a special human that has the ability to communicate with a strange alien ship called the Fyrantha.However, Nicole and all other sentient creatures are caught up in a war for control between two competing factions. Now, the street-kid turned rebel leader has a plan that would restore freedom to all who have been shanghaied by the strange ship.She just has to unite the many alien races being forced to combat for their freedom, dodge slaving war profiteers determined to capture her, and convince an AI at war with itself to trust her above all else. less