Mike Brotherton
1) Star dragon
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Description
The discovery by an interstellar probe of a mysterious alien dragon made of the very essence of stars sends Captain Lena Fang, exobiologist Samuel Fisher, and the rest of the crew of the Karamojo on a difficult journey to SS Cygni to uncover the truth about the star dragon.
2) Spider star
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Description
The human colony on the planet Argo has long explored and exploited the technology left behind by an alien race, a race gone for hundreds of thousands of years. But then an archeology team accidentally activates a terrible weapon: a weapon that will destroy the entire colony, and its star, if they cannot deactivate it.