With flying saucers on the move at the Giant Rock monolith in the Mojave Desert, grayling sightings at a cultist temple in the Hollywood Hills, a monstrous alien apparition in the Los Angeles River, and a harrowing midnight visitation on a boat off Long Beach Harbor—aliens seem to be invading Southern California! But what kind of aliens, and to what purpose? One thing former Secret Service agent Sebastian Vickery knows is that whatever their purpose, it can't be a good one. Now Vickery has learned something about UFOs that he shouldn’t have—and Naval Intelligence, desperate to silence him, orders his old partner, Agent Ingrid Castine, to trap him. But Castine risks her life to warn Vickery—and now they’re both fugitives, on the run from both the U.S. government and agents of the Russian GRU Directorate, which has its own uses for the UFO intelligence.

The Galactic Imperium of the Myriad Worlds slumps into centuries of decadent peace enabled by a flood of advanced technology from the mysterious nonhuman “Shapers.” Among the great Families, only the once-mighty clan of Sinclair-Maru remembers the maxims of the warrior Emperor, Yung I, ready to defend the Imperium from any threat. Stubbornly clinging to the Honor Code, Family prodigy Saef Sinclair-Maru finds himself in command of an outmoded, under-equipped frigate of the Imperial Fleet. With spies and assassins on every side, trusting only in his considerable skill and the extreme competence of his companion, Inga, Saef must complete his mission, restore the greatness of his Family, and uncover the chilling plot to extinguish humanity’s light from the galaxy.

Fans of Dune and Gordon R. Dickson’s Dorsai series will enjoy this one!

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In Tim Power’s new novel, Stolen Skies, rogue federal agents take on UFOs in the skies over Los Angeles. Now, no doubt Sebastian and Ingrid are more than capable of handling a few unexplained aerial phenomenon alone. But we couldn’t help but wonder which Baen Books character would you most like to see take the fight to the skies and battle UFO-style alien invaders in present-day America? Let us know in a short paragraph. Obviously, Sebastian Vickery and Ingrid Castine don’t count—nor do any Baen characters that have already faced down similar threats. But the rest are fair game. Author of the best entry wins a signed copy of Stolen Skies.

Coming soon to the Baen Free Radio Hour: Tim Powers discusses Stolen Skies, Christopher Ruocchio and contributors talk Sword & Planet, a roundtable UFO talk with D.J. Butler, Tim Powers, Travis Taylor, and Les Johnson. And we meet the new team members at Baen Books.

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