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Written by David C. Drizzit, A Whisper in Space is a space western, featuring a bounty hunter named Miles Knighton as the main hero, and is the first book in the Adventures of the Spitfire Crew series.

Plot Summary
In the story, Miles Knighton is a bounty hunter and Captain of a starship, the Spitfire. He is currently under the employ of the Xichuhr sisters, trying to hunt down a criminal whose primary crime involves the acquisition and transport of human slavery. The Spitfire is short on crew, something MIles works to overcome and correct. It shares technological and social characteristics with the American Old West and with futuristic space.

Crew
The Crew of the Spitfire, at the conclusion of the book:
 * Miles Knighton, Captain
 * Colorado, Navigator
 * Sutherlan, Pilot
 * Taro, Mechanic
 * Ah Lam, Security Officer

Places
A few noteworthy places are mentioned in the book, including:
 * Drexlo, a barren planet with few resources.
 * Galaga, a member planet n the Nation of Earth empire with high technological capabilities.

Adversaries of Note
The book contains several antagonists, including:
 * Santagello, a criminal who deals in human slavery
 * Zepci, a bounty hunter who lures Miles into a trap
 * Sabina, a passenger who continually annoys Miles
 * Prudence, Navigator of the Patriarch
 * Emilio, expert marksmen hired by Santagello.

Marketing Synopsis"
"Miles Knighton is a bounty hunter for hire, whose current mission is to take into custody an inter-galactic criminal who flies by the name Santagello.

Shorthanded on crew, coin, and fuel, Miles and his crew must avoid the hazards of space, while fending off threats in all directions. He also must work to assemble the crew he needs, if he is going to have any chance of catching his prey, while ferrying a load of temperamental passengers in an effort to generate a little extra coin.

In this action packed Space Western, survival is dependent on personal fortitude as Miles and his crew explore a galaxy in which those on the frontier have only the barest essentials, while others have the most modern technology available."

Critical Review
In a web review on August 23, 2011, one reader gave it four stars and writes this:

Sources of Inspiration
The author notes sources of inspiration as including:
 * Firefly (TV series)
 * Serenity (film)
 * Zombieland
 * Apollo 13 (film)
 * NASA's Apollo Program
 * Star Wars
 * Star Trek: The Next Generation
 * Stephen King's The Dark Tower (series)
 * unforgiven