Warrior: Book Three of the To'Ach'an Cycle

The To'Ach'an Cycle is a series of books about intelligent, independent, self aware starships and the people who live on them. Robert is an Earthman who built a starship, went exploring, and encountered a space traveling people called the To'Ach'an. After a lot of conflict, he opens the Earth for trade with the rest of the Galaxy. The first book in the series is Shanna, followed by its sequel, Serena. This novel length book is a collection of short stories, a novelette, and a novela. Together they comprise a prequel, with the events taking place before the events in Shanna. If you like true science fiction with lots of action and even some romance, you will like the space operas in this series. Let yourself take a journey into a believable universe set in the present time.