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First Contact (In Her Name: The Last War, Book 1) [Kindle Edition]

Michael R. Hicks (Author)
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (154 customer reviews)
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Young Midshipman Ichiro Sato joined the Terran Navy to escape a tyrannical father and find freedom among the stars. He had no idea when he boarded the survey starship Aurora for his first assignment that he and his crew would make humanity’s first contact with a sentient alien species. In an uncharted star system where Aurora’s crew discovers two planets inhabited by a non-human civilization, Aurora is disabled by gigantic alien starships before she can escape. Boarded by nightmarish blue-skinned warriors with claws and fangs, the aliens learn all there is to know about the ship, including all its stored information about humanity, before the crew is slaughtered in a series of ritual combats. Ichiro, the sole survivor, is returned to Earth as a messenger to warn of the aliens’ coming invasion of human space.

For that is the Way of the Kreelan Empire, an ancient and dying race that has waged war across the galaxy for a hundred thousand years, slaughtering every sentient species it has encountered in a desperate search for the One, a savior foretold in an ages-old prophecy who can rescue them from looming extinction. For the Kreelans, who will die out in a handful of generations, the conflict with humanity will be The Last War.

With Earth leading a fragile coalition of military forces to mount a defense against what many believe is nothing more than a hoax, Ichiro again finds himself at the sharp end of the spear aboard a Terran destroyer. Together with journalist Stephanie Guillaume, Legionnaire Roland Mills, and the irrepressible General James Sparks, Ichiro and the other men and women of the coalition put their lives on the line against an enemy none of them could ever have imagined.


The IN HER NAME Series:

THE LAST WAR Trilogy
- First Contact (Book 1)
- Legend Of The Sword (Book 2)
- Dead Soul (Book 3)

REDEMPTION Trilogy
- Empire (Book 1)
- Confederation (Book 2)
- Final Battle (Book 3)

THE FIRST EMPRESS Trilogy
- From Chaos Born (Book 1)
- Forged In Flame (2013)
- Mistress Of The Ages (2013)

Techno-Thrillers:

HARVEST Trilogy
- Season Of The Harvest (Book 1)
- Bitter Harvest (Book 2, June 2012)
- Reaping The Harvest (2013)

Product details

  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 663 KB
  • Print Length: 373 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0692005862
  • Publisher: Imperial Guard Publishing (29 Aug 2009)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B004IPQE0I
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • X-Ray: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (154 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #637 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Free in Kindle Store)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Best SciFi I've read for a long time 28 Jan 2013
By Bookworm
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I was surfing through the Kindle free books, looking for new authors trying to attract readers, as I have found some real gems this way. I was being careful to read the reviews as I have also found some dross this way too. The reviews attracted me to this one - and I am so glad!! I read a lot of sci-fi when I was younger, when you had to be good to get published, so I read all the good stuff. Then there seemed to be a drought as fantasy took off and good sci-fi was getting rare. This is very, very good - let me repeat that - this is VERY VERY GOOD! Good story line, good characters, good writing - and it had me hooked incredibly quickly. So much so, that I have now read all of the other books in this 'In Her Name - The Last War' trilogy, the next 'In Her Name - Redemption' trilogy, and the 1st book of the new trilogy 'In Her Name - The 1st Empress'. And I didn't read anything else until I had - that's how much you want to know what happens next. So I give it 5 stars along with a warning - if you read this, you will end up buying all the others :-)
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Great story 7 Aug 2012
By S. Jack
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Downloaded as a free kindle book and was more than pleasantly surprised at what turned out to be a cracking good read, I have read many human v aliens type books and they are often very similar in theme, First Contact was very diffirent in that respect and I could not put the book down, I have finished it now and am compelled to get the next in the series.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, but too much war. 8 Mar 2013
By CelticJanne
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Books are really a matter of personal taste, so I am always reluctant to give book reviews. However, I am a long-time reader of 'hard' sci-fi rather than pure fantasy. Although this book had an interesting and well-written plot, the story-line of what seemed like constant war and fighting didn't appeal -hence the 3 stars. If humans v aliens fighting is to your taste, then you will most likely give 5 stars as do other reviewers.

Interestingly, the 'taster' first chapter of the author's next book 'In Her Name: Legend of the Sword' was different in flavour and very readable. This single chapter gave the 'aliens' fuller characters one could relate to and wondering what might underlay their motives intrigued, making me wish to find out more.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining 11 Feb 2013
By Mrs R E Hendley
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The book itself was a good read, the characters interesting and a few unusual twists. What I didn't like was that about half way through I realised this was going to to be a bit like "V", no real ending and an excuse to buy numerous more books. I don't have a problem with that as the author has to make some money but I do like an ending.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great read 27 Jan 2013
By I Williams
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Got this book for my new Kindle. It was a free download so worth a try. So pleased I did. It was hard to put down. Good pace to the story and enough ( but not too much) detail to draw you into the story and characters. Would recommend to people who like sci-fi or simply a good read.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Just read it 26 Jan 2013
By Nrisby
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This by far is one of the best books I have read in years. I can't wait to read more.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant 23 Jan 2013
By Tony Ludford
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Couldn't believe how good this book really was. Other reviews persuaded me to read it, and I'm glad I did. Such atmosphere and emotion. Brilliant...
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars FIRST CONTACT 21 Jan 2013
By raymond frank mayes
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first contact - excellent reading, will read the whole series.I would recommend this book to anyone who loves science fiction
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
4.0 out of 5 stars GOOD PREQUEL
This is a look at how the wars started in this series but you don't have to have read the others to enjoy this one. Read more
Published 4 days ago by jilliz
3.0 out of 5 stars First Contact - book 1
The five point scale doesn't offer much room for finesse...I have given this a 3 in the context of the books in this category or the books available to download on kindle. Read more
Published 6 days ago by Maelich
5.0 out of 5 stars I recommend this book
Enjoyed this first book, interesting premise, characters that capture your interest and don't disappoint. Now to download the 2nd book.
Published 8 days ago by Hoski
5.0 out of 5 stars Can't put it done
Love every page, totally hooked ,now on third in series. May not be high brow writing but full of action. Totally involved in story line and thats what counts in the end.
Published 12 days ago by barry humphries
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic
Lost for words to explain how much i have thoroughly enjoyed all of these books.
For the first time ever i would consider reading these again.
Published 15 days ago by Dennis
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Story
Just finished reading this - must say couldn't put this down - greatstoryline and explains very well how the Kreelan / Human war started. Great read and well written
Published 16 days ago by Mathew
4.0 out of 5 stars An unusual, different but engaging sci-fi story
I must say that I enjoyed this book immensely. There was a mixture of hatred and sadness for the antagonists losing their battle for existence, but sticking to their traditions and... Read more
Published 19 days ago by Droid
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant
Really good. if you like none stop action this is a book for you
Star trek mixed with a bit of Conan or something a really good read
Published 22 days ago by kyle annison
4.0 out of 5 stars A pleasant surprise
I selected this book originally because it was free and then found I couldn't put it down. The style of writing really helped me to visualise the action sequences. Read more
Published 23 days ago by Dermot McCaul
4.0 out of 5 stars Leap of the imagination but a good read.
Have read a great many SF books, recently from Hamilton and Banks. Whilst this is not quite in the same league as a Hamilton saga, it is still a very good read. Read more
Published 23 days ago by Durn
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