First Colony — J. Kevin Tumlinson

TURNS OUT CRASHING WAS THE EASY PART. ""There was something so fascinating about this story and the cast of characters he put together.""
- LEAH PETERSEN, AUTHOR OF "FIGHTING GRAVITY" AN ALIEN THREAT.
AN ENEMY WITHIN.
THE WRONG FREAKING PLANET.
It's been more than a century since humanity escaped the overpopulation of Earth, expanding out among the stars. We've faced and overcome war with an alien race. We've survived terrorist attacks meant to end colonization. We've thrived despite population division, separating the wealthy from the working class.
Now for the hard part.
A lone colony of human castaways, led by a former alien enemy, finds itself at the mercy of a saboteur and a plot to end humanity's unrestricted access to the stars. This could be the finale of the colonies and the end of a species-though which species is a little up in the air.
Everything depends on how smart-and how forgiving-humanity can actually be.
BOOK ONE OF THREE What comes next may be the end of it all. A lone colony of human castaways, led by a former alien enemy, find themselves at the mercy of a saboteur and a plot to end humanity's unrestricted travel among the stars. This could be the finale of the colonies and the end of a species. Everything depends on how smart - and how forgiving - humanity can actually be.