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Earth's First StarFighter #4
Earth's First Starfighter Volume 4
Advance. Upgrade. Grow. The alternative for humanity is to perish.
The Iglax Star Empire’s tried twice now to throttle this upstart species before they could expand beyond Sol. They once used humans for cheap mining, cheap labor, and cheap laughs. But with each attempt, humanity’s gotten stronger, spread across more star systems, and found new allies.
Now the Iglax are preparing for war.
Darius Rutledge is a hero, a husband, and the reluctant leader of his species. He knows that the core planets of the Navarre system are the key to victory. Each one’s a terraforming nightmare. But they’re shot through with enough gemstones to help humanity stand up to the Iglax.
It’s up to him to help turn the tide through colonization, terraforming, mining, and above all by creating a battle fleet – and its crew – from scratch. Along the way, he’ll be founding new industries, forging ties with friendly mercenary groups, and captaining his first battleship!
Through it all, Darius will stand tall to protect his allies and his friends, both old and new.
The Iglax Star Empire’s tried twice now to throttle this upstart species before they could expand beyond Sol. They once used humans for cheap mining, cheap labor, and cheap laughs. But with each attempt, humanity’s gotten stronger, spread across more star systems, and found new allies.
Now the Iglax are preparing for war.
Darius Rutledge is a hero, a husband, and the reluctant leader of his species. He knows that the core planets of the Navarre system are the key to victory. Each one’s a terraforming nightmare. But they’re shot through with enough gemstones to help humanity stand up to the Iglax.
It’s up to him to help turn the tide through colonization, terraforming, mining, and above all by creating a battle fleet – and its crew – from scratch. Along the way, he’ll be founding new industries, forging ties with friendly mercenary groups, and captaining his first battleship!
Through it all, Darius will stand tall to protect his allies and his friends, both old and new.
- GenresScience Fiction
430 pages, Paperback
Published July 13, 2024
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April 8, 2024
And with that the story comes to a conclusion
It was a hell of a dismount. A little wobbly in areas but a good ending nonetheless. For those who are not in the know the story was originally supposed to be a one-off. I don't know what happened behind the scenes to allow for it to continue but I'm quite pleased that it did. There were some sad parts throughout the series and some definite highlights. Overall I have a positive view of the story and do intend to double back when the final book gets the audio treatment. The narrators of the series have done a fantastic job with their performance and I'll be pleased to see them close this one out. I will say that I was a little surprised at who ended up being the big bad alien species throughout the story though considering that it's only for books long I can see why you wouldn't have wanted to shift to something else. I'll also say that the one thing in this entry that I really didn't like was who turned out to be the traitor. There's only one other death in the book which I'm kind of sad that the author decided to include. Other than that it was a good book as we see Humanity finally gain a foothold in this new space fairing universe. With that I will simply say Well done and a round of applause to everybody who had a hand and bringing this story to us, the Amazon readers.
It was a hell of a dismount. A little wobbly in areas but a good ending nonetheless. For those who are not in the know the story was originally supposed to be a one-off. I don't know what happened behind the scenes to allow for it to continue but I'm quite pleased that it did. There were some sad parts throughout the series and some definite highlights. Overall I have a positive view of the story and do intend to double back when the final book gets the audio treatment. The narrators of the series have done a fantastic job with their performance and I'll be pleased to see them close this one out. I will say that I was a little surprised at who ended up being the big bad alien species throughout the story though considering that it's only for books long I can see why you wouldn't have wanted to shift to something else. I'll also say that the one thing in this entry that I really didn't like was who turned out to be the traitor. There's only one other death in the book which I'm kind of sad that the author decided to include. Other than that it was a good book as we see Humanity finally gain a foothold in this new space fairing universe. With that I will simply say Well done and a round of applause to everybody who had a hand and bringing this story to us, the Amazon readers.
June 9, 2024
At 74 years old, l'm just a kid enthralled by a good story.
I really liked this story, it kept me reading all four books. New twist and turns, learningn new skills becoming a better starpilot, and person, as the story goes on.
I really liked this story, it kept me reading all four books. New twist and turns, learningn new skills becoming a better starpilot, and person, as the story goes on.
May 8, 2026
absolutely brilliant!
I really loved this series, of action! Great story telling and great plots! Humanity reaches the stars, because of Darius from Tennessee! Lots of action, very interesting characters and aliens! I highly recommend this series!
I really loved this series, of action! Great story telling and great plots! Humanity reaches the stars, because of Darius from Tennessee! Lots of action, very interesting characters and aliens! I highly recommend this series!
May 22, 2026
A fantastic scifi series
Good pacing throughout all 5 books. Bits of humor at the right times, the raunchy stuff is there but tastefully skipped over, the combat is vivid and fast paced. Gonna put this series next to David Weber's Honor Harrington and The Looking Glass series.
Good pacing throughout all 5 books. Bits of humor at the right times, the raunchy stuff is there but tastefully skipped over, the combat is vivid and fast paced. Gonna put this series next to David Weber's Honor Harrington and The Looking Glass series.
April 2, 2024
The series ended well.
I was hoping there would be more in the series. Perhaps getting into the Jovian backers of the little blue goblins. But it was a good, enjoyable read.
I was hoping there would be more in the series. Perhaps getting into the Jovian backers of the little blue goblins. But it was a good, enjoyable read.
December 27, 2024
Finished the last book of this series. It was brought to a satisfactory ending. I enjoyed the entire series even if a lot of it was kind of far fetched and I would recommend it to others.
April 6, 2025
Best of the series.
October 17, 2025
Excellent book series. I had a hard time putting the books down. Excellent book on the expansion of humanity into outer space.
June 24, 2026
Great book loved the story and the book narration it’s a great book series I highly recommend it 👍⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️😀
June 29, 2026
It's been a while since I've read something that I was sad to put it away. This series was wonderful.
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