"The Starter" is the sequel to "The Rookie," a hard-hitting, bone-crunching YA sports/sci-fi novel described as "The Blindside" meets "Star Wars" meets "The Godfather." "The Starter" is a star-spanning, coming-of-age space opera combined with the gritty world of organized crime, all set against a backdrop of a far-future professional football league. In "The Rookie," nineteen-year-old rookie quarterback Quentin Barnes overcame his racism and unified his team. He led the Ionath Krakens to a lower-tier championship--a championship that earned them promotion into the meat grinder known as Tier One. Now, he and his teammates have to compete against the greatest football teams ever assembled and do far more than just survive each game. As he rebuilds the team in his own image, Quentin's true quest for a Tier One championship begins.