I tried changing the blurb to this. Any thoughts?
ATTEMPT 1
An interstellar accident sparks a conflict Earth cannot hope to win. Thousands of light years from home, Matt Archer is stranded on an alien world soon to be at war with his own. His only hope for survival lies in the form of an innocent extra-terrestrial companion and her amazing spacecraft.
Beyond the Starport Adventure is a sci-fi epic set in the year 2195. The story features an ensemble cast which includes courageous starship crewmen, civilians lost on a hostile alien world, and the heroic crew of an ordinary civilian transport pulled unexpectedly into the conflict. This novel will appeal to fans of Star Wars, Star Trek, Firefly, and Battlestar Galactica.
Beyond the Starport Adventure is the first novel in The Bullet anthology of stories.
ATTEMPT 2
In 2195, Earth’s lonely position in the galaxy comes to an abrupt end when an interstellar disaster sparks a war against a powerful new enemy mankind cannot hope to defeat.
Following the footsteps of his late father, Matt Archer takes an interplanetary cruise to the outer reaches of explored space. An unpredictable accident sends his cruise ship plummeting into an alien city, obliterating the ship and wiping out the city completely.
Treating the incident as a first strike, the powerful aliens fight back immediately. Starships sent to investigate and rescue survivors of the cruise ship are attacked without warning, and the crew of an ordinary civilian tourer are drawn into the action – becoming reluctant heroes in the process.
As the conflict begins to spread, it becomes clear that the alien warmongers are driven by an innate fear passed from generation to generation since the dawn of their empire’s rebirth. 30,000 years ago, their ancestors committed an unspeakable sin upon the very gods they now worship. Now they are afraid their gods have returned to seek vengeance - and they may be right.
Beyond the Starport Adventure is the first part of The Bullet trilogy of stories.