The long sunset
(Book)

"Hutch has been the Academy's best pilot for decades. She's had numerous first-contact encounters and even became a minor celebrity. But world politics have shifted from exploration to a growing fear that the program will run into an extraterrestrial race more advanced than humanity and war. Despite taking part in the recent scientific breakthrough that rejuvenates the human body and expands one's lifespan, Hutch finds herself as a famous interstellar pilot with little to do-- until a message from an alien race arrives"--,Provided by publisher.