The Last OrphanCaptain Danae Shepherd and her crew of Alex's Legacy set out to rescue Shima Oryang's niece from a slave-run factory in Bangkok, but their quest turns deadly when Shima is abducted. Now with her best friend missing, her helmsman in a coma, and a military captain determined to keep her on a short leash, Danae must battle the horrors from her past before she can summon the courage to confront the human traffickers who are holding Shima captive.Like a small stone tossed into a big pond, Danae's influence expands like ripples as her determination to save one orphan becomes a dangerous mission to liberate them all. The Last Orphan is the third book in The Orphan Ship trilogy. Sterling R. Walker's first novel, The Orphan Ship, was awarded a 2012 silver medal from Children's Literary Classics.