A Battle Cruiser is forced to engage its star drive to keep from being destroyed at the end of a battle not knowing where they will end up Damaged and ending up in Earthamprsquos solar system with no communication with their home world and no parts they have to wait until the Earthamprsquos technology advances enough to help them Then far from the world of Darrk itamprsquos up to the last engineer to repair the ship and get them home But after being on Earth for so long Rahm the last engineer now has family here on Earth Repairing the ship means they will bring the fleet back and bring about Earthamprsquos destruction and enslavement He cannot let that happen With other like minded Darrkamprsquos they have to prevent a newly trained engineer and the old Political Officer from completing the repairs and bringing about the end of a planet they have grown to love ampnbspRussell lives in a small town in Montana where he has a girl he canamprsquot blast out of town two dogs three cats a garden boredom Culinary School certificates he canamprsquot use one vivid imagination and a wicked sense of humor The Last Engineer is his first published novel and is one of three in a series ampnbsp