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The Lotus Eaters


CoverSometimes paranoia is just a heightened state of awareness. Carrera's won his war, and inflicted a horrific revenge upon his enemies. But there are wars after wars. The Tauran Union is planning an attack. The criminals of neighboring states are already attacking, and threatening to embroil him in a war with the planet's premier power. His only living son is under fire among the windswept mountains of Pashtia. An enemy fleet is hunting his submarines. His organization has been infiltrated by spies. One of the two governments of his adopted country, Balboa, is trying to destroy everything he's built and reinstitute rule by a corrupt oligarchy. Worst of all, perhaps, he, himself, bearing a crushing burden of guilt, isn't quite the man he once was. Fortunately, the man he once was, was lucky enough to marry the right woman . . . . The Lotus Eaters is the direct sequel to A Desert Called Peace and Carnifex.

Cover Art by Kurt Miller



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This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

First printing, April 2010

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ISBN-13: 978-1-4391-3346-0
ISBN-10: 1-4391-3346-8

Copyright© 2010 by Tom Kratman

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For Julia

BAEN BOOKS by TOM KRATMAN

A State of Disobedience

A Desert Called Peace
Carnifex
The Lotus Eaters

Caliphate

WITH JOHN RINGO

Watch on the Rhine
Yellow Eyes
The Tuloriad   

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