Alien Death Fleet

Star Frontier #1

by Robert E. Vardeman

The alien fleet orbited Penum IV and used colorful incinerating death rays on the planet rotating below. When the inhabitants of the globe were annihilated and everything left worth pillaging stowed on black-hulled plunder ships, the fleet moved on to the next inhabited human world, unopposed except by… The warship Preceptor , commanded by Pier Norlin, a junior officer on a ship with only a skeleton crew. The ship lacks proper armament, the crew is mismatched and fighting among themselves--and the mission is not sanctioned by the Empire. For Norlin, these are only small obstacles to be ignored. He is on a personal mission of revenge against the aliens until… Command of the Preceptor is given to the genetically enhanced superman, Pavel Pensky. Pensky is brilliant—and quite insane. Will his daring schemes bring victory against the aliens or deliver rainbow death to Norlin and the Preceptor's crew?

Genres: Science Fiction

220 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

Also writes as:
Daniel Moran
F.J. Hale
Edward S. Hudson
Karl Lassiter
Jackson Lowry

Reviews

[Sam · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was an excellent pulp sci-fi story. Not much depth, just good clean fun. I always wanted to read the other books in the series.

[Eddy · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fun read

Different. But, fun. I appreciate it wasn’t predictable. The players are different enough to visualize them as separate characters. A bit of comedy now and than helps with the flow. It isn’t a brainy tale. Reminds me of a pulp fiction story. Definitely more story to tell and I intend to read the book 2.