With
the Earth in the path of the rapacious Posleen, the peaceful and
friendly races of the Galactic Federation offer their resources to help
the backward Terrans—for a price.
Humanity
now has three
worlds to defend.
As
Earth’s armies rush into battle and special operations units scout
alien worlds, the humans begin to learn a valuable lesson: You can
protect yourself from your enemies, but may the Lord save you from your
allies.
ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
John
Ringo had visited 23 countries and attended 14 schools by the time he
graduated high school. This left him with a wonderful appreciation of
the oneness of humanity and a permanent aversion to foreign food. He
chose to study marine biology and really liked it. Unfortunately the pay
was for beans. So now he manages a quality control database and the pay
is much better. He hopes to someday upgrade to SQL Server. At that point
life will be complete.
With
his bachelor years spent in the airborne, cave diving, rock-climbing,
rappelling, hunting, spear-fishing, and sailing, the author is now happy
to let other people risk their necks. He prefers to read (and of course
write) science fiction, raise Arabian horses, dandle his kids and watch
the grass grow. Someday he may even cut it. But not today. Maybe
tomorrow. Maybe he’ll just let the horses.
Illustration
and Cover design by Patrick Turner
Hardcover
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, October 2000
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