A review by jkh107
Cagebird by Karin Lowachee

4.0

Review for the entire series: These books are the stories of 3 young men: 1 captured by pirates as a child, who manages to escape and be recruited to the "alien" side of the Earthhub-alien war,;1 who is privileged yet traumatized by the war's violence; and 1 who is recruited by pirates as a child and grows up to be one. _Cagebird_ is the story of the third man, after his capture, when the government wants to cut a deal...The series is very good, but the material is heavy and most of the characters are damaged in some way.
WARNING: the first and last books contain descriptions of child abuse, particularly child sex abuse. Those pirates were very bad guys.