Power Initiates: Book 1 of A Cosmic Endeavor

When a terrorist conflict spills over into the United Galactic Republic, it uncovers a lost alien space ship. The government sends a team with their newest upcoming star soldier, Race Allard, to investigate. The vessel is void of life, except for the ghost of the alien captain and a monstrous creature awoken by the team's presence.
Desperate to survive, Race allies himself with the spirit of the fallen captain. The alien awakens phenomenal psychic powers inside Race, allowing him to match strength with the colossal beast. Race defeats the monster and saves his friends, but has unwittingly enlisted himself in a long-forgotten civil war.
Race must use his new-found powers to stop the war from overflowing into humanity. His secret weapon? His high school sweetheart, Illandra Page, a politician and fellow psychic with the ability to read minds and weed out the enemy, if she'll take his call.