Starship Alexander

Written by Jake Elwood

Narrated by Colin Maheu

A washed-up captain. A worn-out ship. A crew of green cadets. And they're Earth's only hope.


The Alexander is the last true warship, a relic from the days of interstellar war. She's destined for the scrapyard, and her captain, Richard Hammett, is about to retire. Their last mission is a training run with a ship full of cadets.


It's supposed to be a routine hop through a wormhole Gate. But Gates have been going offline, one after another, and Hammett knows in his bones it means trouble. The kind of trouble only a real warship can handle.


Defying orders, he takes the Alexander through another Gate, and puts the ship smack dab in the path of an alien invasion. Now a captain at the end of his career will have to take dozens of terrified cadets and forge them into a crew of warriors, because the Alexander is all that stands between the Earth and the swarming ships of the Hive.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Author's Republic
• Release date: Oct 9, 2016
• ISBN: 9781518936203

Reviews for Starship Alexander

[Shaun · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Great action adventure. Good attention paid to the human element.

[Matthew Watson · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

The characters were immediately easy to relate and get into, easy listen

[laura · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

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[Jay Robertson · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Lots of action, interesting take on an alien invasion and how it might have to be fought.

[Richard Hartmann · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I really enjoyed this book. It was a very interesting story.

[michael dennis · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

this was good, not great. but enough tech to satisfy

[Javan Wiener · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Waaaarrrrr! Every character is painted in a negative light except the warriors, even threw in a famous blues singer that used his talents to win skirmish. Apologies to the author, for I can sense talent and drive but a woeful lack of life experience and knowledge of other cultures, which take a long time to cultivate.

[Rod Butler · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

That was excellent, two sittings to finish it. Great story. Thanks

[Daniel Randall · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Enjoyed it! Seven words left to post a review?

[Gef · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

I was actually really enjoying this until the shuttle pilot didn't have any idea how to calculate an orbit. Not that he was rusty because he'd been relying on autopilot, or just didn't have time, but that he was never trained on it to begin with. That broke my willing suspension of disbelief.

[zachary L · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Great book, good characters and the narrator does a wonderful job.

[Cindy Cannon · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Don't like the juvenile voice the narrator uses. Story was also rather juvenile.

[Caroline Gold · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A pretty good modern syfy novel but like most syfy today there's a lot of conflict what ever happened to just plain adventure

[Chris Lake · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

The audiobook narration forced me to stop listening about halfway through. Overly affected and poorly read. It’s a shame because the story was pretty good, not great but interesting.

[kyle hall · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Good story. I enjoyed the characters and flow of the book.

[Del · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Great book. Nice narration too!!!
Looking forward to the next one!

[Chris Wilkins · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

The story is ok, for those who've seen Battlestar Galactica quite a bit feels very similar. The writing is quite plain and simple.
The narrator is good and clear and has a nice versatile voice.

[Brian Dady · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Good shoot 'em up adventure in space. Believable structuring and character development. A few plot holes but all in all an enjoyable read and a pleasant distraction.

[Kim Barrett · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A great read from a gifted writer - a master of military histlry and psychology. The pace of the action is exhilarating and the heroes are inspirational models of courage, dignity and humanity.