The story continues:

The book blurb for the Zaftan Troubles is: An alien mining ship discovers a planet loaded with rare earth minerals.  The aliens, known as zaftans, plan to fill their ship with the mined minerals.  Unfortunately, the planet is inhabited by intelligent beings: humans, dwarfs, elves, halflings and other fantasy races.
But what could possibly go wrong with a simple mining operation on a planet with primitive natives?

For Book 5, the book blurb reads: Three hundred years later: Sam is an new type android, one with an organic brain.  Assigned as an ensign on a Gundie battle cruiser, she is disturbed to realize she can experience emotions.  Her primary emotion is loneliness until Slash 9, the ship’s main computer, befriends her.  Can an android and a computer experience love?  How about marriage and sex?  While battling a zaftan fleet?

All four books are available from Amazon, B&N, Ibooks, Kobo and other ebook sellers.

Go here for an overview of the Zaftan Troubles