Galactic Patrol (version 2)

Before he became the greatest hero the galaxy has ever known, Kimball Kinnison was just a cadet with something to prove. Galactic Patrol follows the young warrior from his graduation at the Academy through his first desperate missions as a Lensman, the galaxy's elite protectors armed with the legendary Lens of the good entities known as the Arisians. The Boskonians, a ruthless confederation of pirates and warlords, are tearing civilization apart, and only the Patrol stands between humanity and extinction. Kinnison must grow from ambitious rookie to battle-hardened commander in a war that spans worlds and decades, a conflict where the fates of billions hang on the courage of a few. This is where a legend begins: the first installment of the series that invented space opera as we know it, the story that inspired Star Wars, Starship Troopers, and countless other works that followed. For readers who want their science fiction raw, propulsive, and unafraid of cosmic scale.