The Golden Rule

Book Four in Raven's Record science fiction series

By: Debbie Hightower

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

2025 Readers' Favorite Five Stars

The space elevator is gone. New Hope colony's lifeline to orbit—destroyed.

Four light-years from Earth, Planet Equinox's survivors are trapped on the surface with dwindling supplies and no way to reach the ships in orbit. Starvation is weeks away. Despair has already arrived.

Then salvation appears: the mothership Kon-Tiki, Earth's second colony ship, bringing fresh settlers and desperately needed supplies.

But salvation comes with strings attached.

General Leonard Bardick has arrived to "save" New Hope—but from what? Their resource crisis? Or their own refusal to follow his military authority? As Bardick consolidates power with an iron grip, colony leaders must decide: Is he their savior or their dictator?

Meanwhile, engineer Freddie Ogunjobi makes a dangerous decision: return to the dark side of Planet Equinox where alien structures have been detected. What he discovers there will change everything humanity thought they knew about this world—and who really controls it.

On Equinox, the Golden Rule isn't about morality. It's about power: whoever has the gold makes the rules. And Bardick has all the supplies.

The Golden Rule is Book 4 of the Raven's Record series—a political thriller about survival, authority, and the price of freedom on humanity's first interstellar colony.

Perfect for fans of space colonization, military sci-fi, political intrigue, and hard science fiction with moral complexity.

Uncover the dark side's secrets. Challenge authority. Read Book 4 today!