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 Earth's solar system, with no communication with their home world and no parts, they have to wait until the Earth's technology advances enough to help them. Then, far from the world of Darrk, it's 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 Earth's destruction and enslavement. He cannot let that happen. With other like minded Darrk's, 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.
Russell lives in a small town in Montana where he has a girl he can't blast out of town, two dogs, three cats, a garden, boredom, Culinary School certificates he can't 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.