In the year 2435, a young man named Anthony Dawkins yearns for a life of his own. From a young age, he's been forced to raise himself and his beloved sister. Anthony's isolated parents also expect him to take over the family business once he was old enough. As an act of defiance, he joins the Unified Coalition Space Operations Army in a desperate attempt to secure an independent life for both himself and his sister, away from the stubborn control of his parents. While training to become an army trooper, Anthony uses his strong sense of independence to quickly adapt to the harsh demands of military life. With Insurrectionist forces threatening all the Coalition holds dear, Anthony is sent to the stars to fight against the same enemy responsible for bombing his home city. But after his first deployment reveals that the Insurrectionists are only a small part of a much larger plot, Anthony and his fellow soldiers are thrust into the largest interstellar war in history seemingly overnight. With the Coalition in chaos, Anthony must not only keep his promise to return to his sister but also fulfill his oath to defend the Coalition, her colonies, and her citizens.

First Interstellar War By: Tom Ament Hundreds of years in the future, Ensign Olaf Anders is a new naval officer assigned to his first ship after graduating a year early from lunar naval space academy. Quickly he is thrust into marine and naval combat, soon to learn the sacrifice good officers make for their ship and crew’s wellbeing. First Interstellar War: Rugar Olaf Anders of the Sol Confederation Navy adds an expansive and riveting tale to the military/science fiction genre that can be credited to author Tom Ament’s ten years of military service, his extensive knowledge of weaponry, and six years of classified DOD and Dept. of Army operational and contract auditing. It is a story that will appeal to military veterans and beyond.

 Since the Cold War, outer space has become of strategic importance for nations looking to seize the ultimate high ground. World powers establishing a presence there must consider, among other things, how they will conduct warfare in orbit. Leaders must dispense with "Buck Rogers" notions about operations in space and realize that policies there will have serious ramifications for geopolitics. How should nations view space? How should they fight there? What would space warfare look like and how should strategists approach it? Offering critical observations regarding this unique theater of international relations, a military professional explores the strategic implications as human affairs move beyond Earth's atmosphere.

"Private William Mandella hadn't wanted to go to war against the Taurans ...."--p. [4] of cover.

Book 5 of The Pike Chronicles A homeland in ashes. A merciless ancient enemy. A vicious new foe. A galaxy convulsing with war. With humanity on the brink of annihilation, only one option remains, Interstellar War. Can Jon Pike achieve victory, and revenge, for himself and humanity? Find out in Interstellar War, Book 5 of The Pike Chronicles.

The time is the twenty-third century. Richard Cox is the commander of the Johnson Point Space Surveillance Installation on Danovia Prime. For five years there has been relative calm in this region of interstellar space. An uptick in monitored subspace and regular frequency radio traffic discloses disturbing calls for help, as entire worlds in an area known as Gulf are being obliterated! As Cox, Executive Officer Genni Carr, and Prime Minister Jon Dewey confer, the cause of this destruction has been transported for hiding at the North Pole of their terrestrial moon Trinity by two male Terran ne’er-do-wells and two female Dakkarosi denizens. An ancient modified Expansion War-era Terran transport is spotted from orbit by a vessel on routine patrol, as it’s in the process of unloading a huge block of ancient silver metal. The perpetrators are apprehended and interrogated on Danovia. It’s disclosed that these Dakkarosi denizens ignited the spreading conflict by stealing this object from the unknown and powerful Ypsilanti Empire! As the gravity of this situation is debated, they listen in stunned disbelief: The Terran males have secretly ferried scores of Dakkarosi to Trinity! That act alone has now placed Danovia in the cross hairs of the most lethal killing machine in the cosmos! The personnel of Johnson Point can only hold their breaths as this situation spawned in the depths of interstellar space spirals out of control in Volume 1 of “In The Crosshairs: The Interstellar War Ignites!”

An all_new David Weber Honorverse short novel,_I Will Build a House of Steel, chronicling the early days of the Manticoran Star Kingdom and the reign of King Roger. Have you ever finished the latest Honor Harrington novel from David Weber and wished you could linger in Webers Honorverse just a bit longer?_ Now you can with this treasure trove of tech, specs, and insights on David Webers mega best_selling Honor Harrington series._ Orbital characteristic of key planets, regimental order of the Royal Navy, backstory on the history and drama of the Star Kingdoms birth and early days¾youll find it all here, thoughtfully arranged by the Bureau 9 Weber research group, and overseen by David Weber himself. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).