From the back cover Flexing the Warp:

Voyage to exotic extraterrestrial civilizations with diplomatic troubleshooter Gerard Manley and his sentient starship Windhover on a journey of action, danger and discovery. Still haunted by fragmented memories of Fairy Peg and the lost ten years of his life, Manley undertakes a special mission to unravel the ancient Tenderfoot legend. Stirring, wonder-filled and strangely moving, this is soaring space adventure at its finest.