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Step onto the front lines of a galactic battlefield in the first Federation War novel from the national bestselling author of the Special Ops Squad.Rick Shelley's Federation War trilogy takes you through military barracks, corridors, and trenches, bringing the war of the future home with a combination of battlefield action and home-town heroics.
For Doug Weintraub of the Buchanan Planetary Commission, it begins with a fuzzy call, quickly cut off. Federation troops have invaded his world. show more The battle they've long feared and tried to avoid is coming. Now it's time to seek help, to launch a rocket into Q Space and hope for Second Commonwealth troops to arrive—and soon.
Aboard the Starship Victoria, it begins differently. It's a short, unexpected message on the screen for Sergeant David Spencer of the Royal Marines. New orders, surprising ones, that will send him and his men to an independent frontier world that's become a new front in the war between the Commonwealth and Federation.
Doug Weintraub and David Spencer soon find themselves in unexpected roles, a skilled warrior in the Royal Marines side-by-side with a back-world farmer. They'll need each other to keep the Federation at bay.
"Rick Shelley was a soldier at heart, and his books were written from the heart. They carry the real feel of the sweat, blood, and camaraderie of those on the front lines." —Jack Campbell, New York Times–bestselling author
"Rick Shelly knows how to write compelling military science fiction thrillers that are so action packed, readers hardly have a moment for an oxygen break." —AllReaders.com
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A lightly settled planet is invaded by the Federation. One of the leaders sends off a call for help then flees to the country fo form a garilla band to fight back. The Royal Marines are sent in to help.
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