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Humanity's worst nightmare has again come out of the Dark. Can a human race in turmoil survive? When the human race faces extermination at the hands of an expanding species the last survivors travel a thousand years to reestablish the race ten thousands light years away. It is now a thousand years after the birth of the New Terran Empire. The race has aggressively expanded during that time, with a fleet that has never lost a war against an alien species. But the signs are there, the old enemy is back, and the Fleet will face its greatest challenge in a foe fifty times their size. Science fiction in the tradition of Anderson and Weber, where the physics of normal and hyperspace dictate the strategy and tactics. Enormous fleets battle across the immensity of space with advanced technologies. Can the proud human Fleet hold off the tide of an advancing enemy, rallying allies and deploying new tech? Or will the conquerors achieve what they could not two thousand years before, and end the existence of the upstarts.

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The Saga Continues as the Ca'cadasan menace prepares to assault the New Terran Empire. A menace humankind fled across the Galaxy two thousand years before. Humankind has grown complacent, confident in the victories their fleet has won for them through the last thousand years over numerous alien races. But the Ca'cadasan Empire has continued to grow, and now the massive Imperialistic power has found the hated humans. The Emperor knew this was going to happen, but most of Parliament ignored his strident call. And the Prince Sean Lee Ogden Romanov, third in line for the throne, finds himself placed into a position he had never thought would come his way. The fate of the Empire may rest on the abilities of one young man, and his skills at navigating the maze of Imperial politics amidst a war of extermination. Book two of the popular Exodus Series. In the tradition of Poul Anderson and David Weber.

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ISBN: 1490533192

They're Back, and They want to End us. The Ca'cadasan Empire is at the gates, and they mean to destroy the human race. But we will not go quietly into the night. The saga continues, as Sean Ogden Lee Romanov finds himself the uncrowned leader of the New Terran Empire. After two thousand years the old enemy has found them, but the humans are no longer the technologically inferior species they once were. A thousand years of Empire has forged a mighty military that has never lost a war. The Ca'cadasans are still slightly ahead in tech, are much larger, and have never failed in a conquest. There is dissension within as Parliament wants to put their own man in charge, and Sean is woefully unprepared for the task that awaits him. Time is running out, and if the Empire and the species are to survive the new man must be installed and humanity must rally behind him. New technologies are on the horizon, the technologies on which the course of the war could turn, for better or worse. War rages across the stars on a Galactic scale. The third book of a series that will span over a century of time and tens of thousands of light years of space. Grand Science Fiction in the legacy of Weber and Ringo. Action packed science fiction on a grand scale. Scroll up and grab a copy today.

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ISBN: 149299054X

The Saga Continues, as an Emperor is seated and the threat from the Ca'cadasan Empire grows. Sean is back, saved from the grasp of the Ancient Enemy. And the Ancient Enemy is going full bore into the heart of all the human kingdoms. The Ca'cadasan Empire has it out for the humans. Their Emperor had ordered the human species exterminated. But the humans got away, at least some of them, and established themselves ten thousand light years away in the Persius Arm. They were given a thousand years to establish themselves, but now the Ancient Enemy has found them, and they are still determined to wipe out over a trillion humans. Those humans are not so inferior in their tech as they were, only a couple of decades behind the Ca'cadasans. And they have the Donut, the enormous space station built around a black hole, a century in the construction. The Donut generates wormholes, the one major adantage of the humans over their enemies. There are other technologies on the horizon that the canny humans hope to gain advantage from. If they can keep their Fleet together long enough in the face of a mighty foe to deploy what they hope are war winning techs. And in the capital of the New Terran Empire plots are still alive. The plots of other governments, and of humans with their own agendas. Old enemies sharpen their knives, determined to catch the humans in disarray, while new allies come in on the human side. Will it be enough? Or will humanity be forced to flee once again?

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ISBN: 149481997X

No One Is Safe During a War of Extermination. Especially the Civilians. Rebecca Goldman was a bright and pretty child, a twelve year old with a loving family. Technology allowed them to live comfortably on the most dangerous planet in the Empire, Azure. And then the Ca'cadasans came, and it was suddenly survival of the fittest out in the wilderness. Losing everything, Rebecca has only herself to depend on in a jungle where everything is an enemy. Cornelius Walborski just wanted to killed Cacas. After losing his wife to the aliens on Sestius, he trains to become a Ranger, the augmented warriors of the Imperial Army. He has never seen anything like Azure, but there are Cacas to hunt, and a mission to perform. Two unlikely survivors find themselves thrust together, where the man will save the child, and save himself at the same time.

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ISBN: 1499362129

Sean needs a victory, before Parliament returns a no confidence vote and leaves him a figurehead ruler. The Ca'cadasans are almost through with their conquest of Sector IV, and from the there, the heart of the Empire is exposed. The Ca'cadasans continue to roll over the New Terran Empire and the New Terran Republic. Hit and run tactics are taking a toll on the enemy, bleeding them, but not enough. Frontier worlds, developing planets, and worse, the industrial powerhouses known as Core Worlds, are falling at an alarming rate, and even the new weapons based on wormhole tech can't stop them. Risks need to be taken, everything put on the line. Sean must come up with a plan that allows him to take on and defeat the Caca battle fleet. Only then can he buy the time his Empire needs to battle the enemy on even footing, and keep the people without a plan from gaining controi of the Empire. Defeat could spell disaster, but so could inaction. He has even more new weapons to deploy, devices beyond imagination, and the shipyards are working to capacity. Allies are gathering, but so are regional enemies who join the cause of the enormous aliens. And a client species of the Cacas is looking to play both sides to their own benefit, while the Cacas plan on a strike that will take wormhole technology away from the humans, once and for all. The Day of Battle is upon the Empire, and the history of the human species depends on the outcome.

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ISBN: 1500937096

Sean and the Empire have fought their way out of the corner. Now it's time to strike back. The Ca'cadasans have been hit hard, but they are not yet out of the fight. The ambush worked, to a point. The Cacas took grievous losses, but still retain a powerful force in Imperial Space. And they have sent for the ships they had besieging the New Terran Republic to back them up. The Donut, the enormous station used to generate the wormholes that are the Empire's major technological edge, is in danger with Cacas aboard, and Imperial troops have been cut off in Fenri space. Despite the setbacks, now is not the time to let up, and the Empire plans a Counter Strike to remove the Cacas from the Empire. The plan is risky, but if it succeeds the fortunes of the war will turn. And if it fails, the Empire will be one step closer to going under. The saga continues, as massive Empires war with each other across thousands of light years of space.

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ISBN: 1512254797

The Cacas have been kicked out of the Empire and Republic, but New Moscow is still at risk. Less than a billion of the original fifty billion population are left, and they are being turned into rations for the Conquerors. Sean and the Alliance Fleet have ejected the Ca'cadasans from the territory of the New Terran Empire and the New Terran Republic. But the deadly aliens remain in the space of the Kingdom of New Moscow. Centuries before the people of the Czar emigrated from Republic space, setting themselves up hundreds of light years from the borders of the two larger polities. They have paid for that mistake, the Cacas rolling over them and almost obliterating their population. Now the large aliens are processing the survivors of New Moscow to feed their own forces, a genocide such as this sector of the Galaxy has never before seen. Sean has ordered that the people of New Moscow will not go into the night. A plan has been formulated to take the planets where the prisoners are housed away from the Cacas and rescue the civilians. Plans are great, but only the Soldiers, Marines and Spacers of the Alliance can make the plan a reality. Soldiers like Samuel Baggett and Cornelius Walborski, Spacers like Bryce Suttler and Len Lenkowski. Men and women willing to put their lives on the line to save the innocent. Will their courage be enough to stop the genocide of the people of New Moscow. Scroll up and grab a copy today.

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ISBN: 1515379647

The Cacas have been driven out of human space, or at least the space that the Empire knows of. On the other side of the Ca'cadasan Empire another power fights against the huge aliens. A mission has been sent to contact this other power, to find an ally against the Cacas. Three enormous exploration vessels, led by Commodore Natasha Sung, travel the thirty thousand light years to the home of this power. What they find is a shock. A power that has been fighting the Cacas for decades, a seemingly ideal partner in the war. But this power holds a dark secret, one which may sabotage the alliance before it starts. Sean is presented with a dilemma. The Empire needs this ally to survive, and the other power needs the Empire. But will he sell the soul of the Empire in order to have a chance at victory?

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Cover for Search and Destroy
ISBN: 1535090952

The Ca'cadasan are no longer knocking at the door of the Empire, which doesn't mean they have forgotten the humans who have handed them the first defeat in the history of their Empire. The Cacas are learning from their mistakes, and are retooling their war machine in the face of their greatest opponent ever. The Ca'cadasan Emperor is not satisfied with the state of his military, and changes will be made. New technologies are in the forefront of his plans, and a major covert strike is planned against the humans. He plans for this to be the death stroke to the human Empire, the preliminary to his massive invasion, even as Sean works to defeat the coming invasion and launch a counter stroke to take the initiative. The Klavarta have the full attention of the Cacas on their front, and the Nation of New Earth is the target of a major offensive. This Great Admiral is smarter than most, and he has planned a trap to destroy the Klavarta fleet, rendering Sean's new allies impotent to continue the war. And the Fenri, all but defeated, unleash a weapon of terror on the New Terran Empire. Teams of raiders have entered Imperial space, mandated by their Emperor to destroy everything they come across. Liners, merchant ships, small warships, and even inhabited planets are targets, and the fleet must go on a search and destroy mission to seek out the raiders and stop them before millions fall to their weapons.

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ISBN: 1985195100

The New Terran Empire is still trying to recover from the Ca’cadasan strike that left over three hundred million dead and ripped the heart out of the ship production of Central Docks. The Donut, the huge station in orbit around the Supersystem black hole, was almost destroyed in that strike, and its defenses have been strengthened considerably. That Caca strike didn’t do all they had wanted, but it had hurt the Empire’s war making capabilities. The Ca’cadasans are at it again, with a two-pronged attack on the Empire. Sean has to decide, and quickly, how his fleet is to counter this move. The fleet, short of resources, could use the almost thousand ships destroyed and damaged in the enemy strike. And Sean would give his soul to get his heir, killed in the Caca strike, back. The lure of changing time, something he learns is very possible, beckons. Despite the warning that time travel was the undoing of the Ancients who had once ruled his sector of space. But the Ancients are not extinct, and they will do whatever they can to prevent the humans from disrupting the time stream and destroying their own race. Even if it means destroying the one weapon the humans have that might win their war of extermination against the Ca’cadasan Empire. They will try to prevent the Time Strike with their last resources, with their lives. The saga continues, as massive Empires war with each other across thousands of light years of space.

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ISBN: 1985783940

The Caca offensive into the New Terran Empire is on its last legs, and the Imperial Fleets and those of its Allies are on the move. The Cacas have new technologies themselves, and new tactics to go along with them, and they are determined to keep the humans out of their space, battling through the territories they have captured from the human and Fenri Empires Admirals Lenkowski and Mgonda are in the lead of the two largest fleets in the history of the Perseus Arm. Tens of thousands of vessels, tens of millions of people. Those people are ready for the fight of their lives in space, while the soldiers of Field Marshal Baggett and Brigadier Walborski are prepared to contest the worlds the Cacas control. The trillions of Caca slaves are hungering for freedom, and they are prepared to give their lives so that their people might control their own destinies. Desperate people can take desperate measures. And that includes the Ca'cadasans. Their young Emperor has ordered that they will give their lives willingly to destroy the invaders. While Sean has launched an audacious attack on the center of the Caca Empire, with the intention of cutting off the head of the snake and winning the war. Plans don't always work, since both sides have them, and when they come into conflict many variables can tilt the balance. ??? The saga continues, as massive Empires war with each other across thousands of light years of space. Scroll up and grab a copy today.

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ISBN: 1726021777

The New Terran Empire and their alliance is rolling the Ca'cadasans back on all fronts. The end may still be years ahead, but the writting is on the wall for the Ca'cadasan Empire. But the Cacas have come up with a plan, based around a new terror weapon developed by their alien scientists. Their own Church considers it an abomination, a weapon that kills star systems, but the young Emperor, Jresstratta V, is determined to let nothing stop him from punishing the humans and their allies. Sean and the leaders of his fleets are determined to strike deeper into the enemy empire, liberating billions of slaves along the way, including their Maurid allies. The enemy threatens their own helpless subjects, knowing that humans will come their aid. They hope to destroy entire human fleets with each ambush. But the humans, who value loyalty both ways with the people they support, are not willing to let the helpless die, while also not putting their own necks on the chopping block. They have the people to carry out their plans and save those they have come to liberate. It is a risk, but sometimes those are necessary, and they have a plan. But plans don't always work out to the satisfaction of the planners, and failure here could lead to the Cacas changing the balance of power, and reversing the course of the war. However, the Ca'cadasan Empire faces another problem, as the Church of his people disputes his right to kill so many, and sets up a showdown that could bring down the Empire upon his head, ??? The saga continues, as massive Empires war with each other across thousands of light years of space. Scroll up and grab a copy today.

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Beata Bednarczyk has taken care of the Machines, the mistake from the Empire's past. She was to be rewarded with a promotion and assignment to the main front, fighting alongside the senior commanders of the fleet. She received the promotion, but assignments have a way of changing. Things have changed on the Second Front, the war of the genetically engineered humans and the Cacas. The Klavarta, as they are called, have held their own against the Cacas, even pushing into the imperial space of the big aliens. They have been preparing for another push. The commander of the New Terran Empire forces on loan was killed in battle, and Sean had need of a senior commander to take that officer's place. Someone with the rank to command respect. Beata got the assignment, despite her lack of diplomatic acumen. A major command of her own, befitting a six star flag officer. The only problem was her placement under the command of the senior Klavarta admiral, an arrogant Alpha who doesn't trust the Imperials, and especially has no reason to trust the new human officer. Beata finds herself in a political quagmire, up to her neck in intrigue she is ill prepared to deal with Added to the problems is the attitudes of the Klavarta, beings who had been raised as xenophobes by their former deposed masters. Deeply ingrained attitudes don't disappear overnight, and while most are willing to change their behavior, some refuse to see the truth. Including the supreme commander of their fleet. The Cacas have not been sitting still, waiting for the next Klavarta/human attack. A new commander has been assigned to the front, a Ca'cadasan of exceptional intelligence and unwavering conviction. He has a plan to ambush the next Klavarta offensive, forging into their territory after defeating their fleet. If he succeeds it may be up to one human admiral to stop him. If that is even possible. The saga continues, as massive empires battle it out in a war of extermination among the stars. Only one can survive. Scroll up and grab a copy today.

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No One Said That Fighting the Cacas Would Be Easy. But They Didn't Mention It Would Be Necessary to Fight Your Own Side. The Ca'cadasans are set to finally destroy the allied fleet on the Nation of New Earth Front. But Beata Bednarczyk will not go out easily. Grand Fleet Admiral Bednarczyk is finally the master of her own destiny, the supreme commander of the allied fleet, though her sword has been blunted by the last campaign. Still, she has everything her Empire can give her, including some untested tech that could salvage the front. Still, she is saddled with the incompetent Klavarta Alpha Admiral Klanarat, the spacer in charge of the New Earth contingent and the man who had almost lost the front in one battle. Balancing political considerations has never been the admiral's strong suit, but with an alliance of alien races who still don't trust each other she has her work cut out for her. Great Admiral Mrastaran Hlrata has a clear directive from his Emperor. Close with the enemy fleet and crush it. His ships are needed on the other front, but that will only happen if the enemy here is totally destroyed. Intelligent and well read, he is the best commander the Ca’cadasans can commit to the front. He had a clear plan as well, one that was changed by the immature Emperor who wants to set up a system as a trap for the enemy. Ordered to destroy a planet and its evolutionary lines, acting against his own principles, the admiral is on a timetable set by the young male who knows nothing about military matters. His life on the line, surrounded by males who would like nothing better than to see him fall, the Philosopher Admiral finds himself the one in the trap. And he will do what is necessary to protect his own sons, no matter the personal cost. The Empire has developed a tech they believe will protect the endangered planet from the power of a nova. But only one thing in the known galaxy can produce the energy needed to power it. The Donut is going to war, projecting its own energy across thousands of light years of space. And putting the station and its wormhole producing capacity at risk. Sean has never been one to shy from taking risks, but will this decision come back to hit him in the heart? Can the Empire win this fight, or will a Caca who thinks before he acts find a way to victory, despite the interference of the Emperor who seems committed to making his every subject angry with him? Scroll up and grab a copy today.

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It's hard to fight an intelligent opponent. As Sean's Empire is finding out. The Ca'cadans were often their own worst enemy, making mistake after mistake on their way to eventual defeat. Now someone who can think is in charge, and things have changed. Mrastaran I had never wanted to be Emperor of an Empire in decline. The admiral had wanted to finish out his carreer and retire to a life of reading and contemplation. Known as the Philosopher Admiral, Mrastaran thought his moves out ahead and adjusted to the situation. This dangerous leader is now in charge of the Ca'cadasan Empire, and he realizes that a standard victory is no longer possible. Taking a page from Earth history, the male has decided that using hit and run tactics and the immensity of his Empire is the way to force the alliance to the bargaining table. If only he can hurt the alliance hard enough to make them war weary. Starting with driving a wedge between the members of the alliance by targeting the alien powers. Sean has his work cut out for him, keeping the alliance on track to finish the war. He doesn't want to give the Cacas a break, since a rebuilt enemy will remain a threat. Fortunately the industry and technology of his Empire is still churning out the muscle to continue the fight. But only if they can keep up the pressure. The saga continues, as massive empires battle it out in a war of extermination among the stars. Only one can survive. Scroll up and grab a copy today.

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