The Earth We Knew
They say you can’t go home again…
…especially if you’re the governing mind for an interstellar military starship.
It's official: Sergeant Henry Morgan has now spent more time as a starship than he spent dead. His mission is more than a century old, but in some ways, he feels like it's just begun.
A desperate distress call from Earth has brought him back to his old cosmic stomping grounds, for your standard save-humanity-from-extinction-by-alien-constructs operation.
But Henry needs to realize something: while his species might be the new kid on the galactic block, it is not without its secrets. Many of them deep and dark, with implications that reach back to the time when he himself walked the Earth on two legs.
In some ways, humanity has become more alien than the extraterrestrials. And if Henry can't figure out what this means - fast - he's going to have serious problems keeping himself and his crew safe.
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Scott Bartlett
In the vast expanse of military science fiction, where interstellar wars rage and the stakes are always galactic, Scott Bartlett has carved out a space of his own—bold, unflinching, and sometimes surprisingly human. His work doesn’t just chronicle futuristic battles or alien invasions; it explores the decisions that shape soldiers, leaders, and civilizations under fire.
Long before commanding fleets on the page, Bartlett was a writer with a sharp wit and an eye for the absurd. He first made waves in the literary world with satirical fiction, winning the H.R. (Bill) Percy Prize for his irreverent medieval comedy Royal Flush, and later the Percy Janes First Novel Award for Taking Stock, a grounded, introspective look at depression through the eyes of a struggling writer. But it wasn’t long before the call of the stars—and the thrill of crafting large-scale conflicts with deeply personal consequences—pulled him toward science fiction.
I, Starship
I, Starship consists of three books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
