Not a lot to go on, but... I seem to remember a guy in a space fighter going out to meet a fleet of alien invaders and somehow avoiding all out war. I also remember something about the guy having a sister and that she was important to the story. It's not Armor, Ender, or Starship Troopers, but it reminds me of them. I think it came out around the same time as In Conquest Born, Neuromancer, Hardwired, Snow Crash, etc. It may have been hard scifi. I don't think it was cyberpunk, but it might have been.
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Sounds a little like 'Only You Can Save Mankind' by Terry Pratchett, but that's very much NOT hard scifi! He had a female friend (Kirsty) but no sister.– JeffUKCommented May 10, 2018 at 6:38
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Sounds something like The Last Starfighter which was a 1980's movie but there was a novelization. Doesn't sound a proper match to what you describe, but maybe.– StephenG - Help UkraineCommented May 10, 2018 at 9:33
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@StephenG great book, but not it, it's more recent. The Last Starfighter has all out war and he wins it, IIRC.– decuserCommented May 11, 2018 at 16:34
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Come to think of it "Guy in space fighter with sister important to plot and stopping a war" sounds rather like "Star Wars". Search the long list of authors who tried to sue Lucas, maybe. :-)– StephenG - Help UkraineCommented May 11, 2018 at 17:03
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So, the details were a little off, pilot was a girl, not a guy, she wins the battle and defeats the alien wolfpack. I found it the hard way, looking through a few thousand books in Goodreads lists — Chris Claremont's First Flight.
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1This is actually what I thought of when I saw the question. Never read it. Probably wouldn't - I've read dozens (if not hundreds) of comics by Claremont, but novel-wise I forced my way through at least 2 (maybe all 3) books in his trilogy placed in the same world as the Willow movie. That was an experience I never intend to go through again.– RDFozzCommented Aug 23, 2018 at 17:57