I also know you don't like to wait too long for the next book. Book two, Call to Arms, is already available for preorder, and it will be released on January 27.
Duel in the Dark (exclusively at Amazon)
Duel in the Dark
A Gripping New Adventure by the Author of the Bestselling
Crimson Worlds and Far Stars series…
The Confederation has fought three wars against the forces
of the totalitarian Union. Three
generations of its warriors have gone off to war, held the line against the larger,
more powerful enemy. Now the fourth
conflict is imminent, and the Confederation’s navy is on alert, positioned
behind the frontier, waiting for the attack it knows is coming.
The battleship Dauntless has spent the past ten months
patrolling the border, deployed far forward of the main fleet, a forlorn hope,
an advance guard positioned to give the warning of invasion. But no attack has come. Her crew is exhausted, and the aging
battleship needs maintenance. With the
fleet mobilized and the forward bases overloaded beyond capacity, she is sent
clear across the Confederation, to a planet along the quiet and peaceful far
frontier. Her crew is looking forward to
a rest, and Dauntless herself is scheduled for a long-overdue maintenance
session.
But the quiet frontier isn’t what it seems…and when a
distress call is received from one of the mining colonies on the edge of
Confederation space, it falls to Captain Tyler Barron to take Dauntless
forward, to find out what is happening, and to put a stop to it.
Barron and his crew have their ship—and each other—but
they can expect no other help. Suspicion
is strong that Union deceit is at play, that the attack is some sort of
diversion, intended to draw Confederation forces from the disputed border. The orders are clear. No ships will be transferred from the
prospective battle line. Stopping whatever
is happening on the rim is Barron’s responsibility, and his alone.
Barron is the grandson of the Confederation’s great hero,
the father of the modern navy. His
family name has always carried privilege with it, and crushing
responsibility. And now he must prove
that he has inherited more from his famous grandfather than name and
privilege. He must face the enemy, and
win the victory…before the Confederation is caught between two enemies and
destroyed.
Blood on the Stars Reading Order
Book 1: Duel in
the Dark
Book 2: Call to
Arms (January 2017, Available now for preorder)Duel in the Dark (exclusively at Amazon)
