Commander

Starhawke Rising #0.5

by Audrey Sharpe

One choice will change everything...

When a distress call comes in from a space station under attack, Commander Aurora Hawke leads the rescue team. But upon arrival, she finds the station’s corridors eerily silent...and empty.

Or so she thinks.

ebook

First published January 1, 2017

About the author

Audrey Sharpe grew up believing in the Force and dreaming of becoming captain of the Enterprise. She’s still working out the logistics of moving objects with her mind, but writing science fiction provides a pretty good alternative. When she’s not off exploring the galaxy with Aurora and her crew, she lives in the Sonoran Desert, where she has an excellent view of the stars. Connect with Audrey on Facebook and visit her website to download a free copy of the Starhawke Rising prequel, COMMANDER

Reviews

[Bob · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting introductory novella providing additional background.

[Luc · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a great prequel.

Aurora is the newly appointed XO of the Argo. As such, she will be called upon to fulfill certain duties that may require physical intervention. She meets Celia a hand-to-hand combat specialist who starts to train her. The task is difficult because Aurora has a secret that she does not want revealed and is distracted resulting in her being crushed by her new instructor. Once the training session is finished, the two do not have time to relax as a distress call is received from a space station requiring the presence of the warship. The author is great in her way of getting the reader hooked right from the start and then having the same reader follow the mission that involves a confrontation with another race that does not value life very much. The action, plot, raw emotions, and subsequent prelude to a promising series, merit a 5 STARS rating and I look forward to reading the complete series.

[Barbara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Commander is a prequel to the Starhawke Rising series and gives some more background Aurora Hawke and Celia Cardiff, her Chief of Security on Starhawke. We see how they first met and how their friendship grew, as they fought together against a Setarip attack. I’m off now to read the next book in the series, The Chains of Freedom, because I just have to find out what happens next.

[Liza · Rating 4 out of 5]

It says it's a prequel even though it was written later. You don't need to have read any of the other books.

I liked the way the connections between the characters were developed.

Very short book but entertaining

[Jeanne Johnston · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good, but just a teaser. 😞

[Dawn Mielke · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very Interesting. Great short story. Definitely got me intrigued about book 1.

[Wayne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good, but I liked Starhawke Rogue and the main series better.

[Alayne · Rating 4 out of 5]

A terrific prequel to Starhawke Rising, this was a short story that took place 2 years before the events of The Dark of Light. Very enjoyable.