Duty, honor, sacrifice. That motto means everything to newly commissioned Second Lieutenant Ashlyn Shaw. She thinks she understands the meaning of those simple words. Little does she know. Challenged by those who believe she made it through the Academy on her family's coattails, a roommate who just wants to see "some action" and a gunnery sergeant determined to make a real Marine out of her, Ash soon realizes what it really means to be a Marine. As the signs point to war on the horizon, sh...

Newly promoted, Captain Ashlyn Shaw has been ordered to take Delta Company to the Bennington System. Their mission is simple: secure the groundside defenses and seek out the Callusian invaders. It should be an easy assignment. The Fuerconese Navy has proven time and again it is more than a match for the enemy. Once Taskforce Liberator arrives in-system, Ash and her Devil Dogs get to work. Except no battle plan ever survives the first encounter with the enemy. This time the Callusians are b...

Captain Ashlyn Shaw knows the grim realities of war. Death is her constant companion, an unwelcome one. After losing four of her company in an ambush that never should have happened, she is asked to accept a special mission. Command suspects a traitor has infiltrated their ranks and they want Ash and others to act as bait in an attempt to draw them out. Worse, at least as far as Ash is concerned, FleetCom is focusing on only one possible explanation for the ambush. That narrow view could l...

Book Eighteen in the Acclaimed Naval Aviation Series!When the Chinese fire a test missile that detonates in Taiwan, they claim it was all an accident. But the U.S. is less than willing to believe their story, and sure enough, China launches a full-scale invasion on their tiny capitalist island neighbor—and the entire world goes into an uproar.But while the diplomats wage a battle of words in the United Nations, the real dirty work is to be carried out by Ca...

One bomb hit the Japanese carrier Akagi amidships, ripping through the hangar deck and exploding amidst the stored torpedoes, carelessly stowed bombs and refuelling tanks, setting off secondary explosions. A second set the planes on the flight deck ablaze. The stern was shattered, the rudder useless and, as the huge ship lurched drunkenly around, Japanese officers begged the stunned admiral to abandon the blazing hulk...Read about the dramatic Battle of Midway in the Pacific Ocean ...

Pete Hoffen has spent the last year in the rainforest of the Amazon, slogging through hell and back in service to his country. When an opportunity to join the Mechanized Infantry presents itself, Pete is first in line. He knows that he's going to get shot at one way or another, but the idea of sitting in a warm and more importantly, dry mechanized suit appeals to him almost beyond reason.While still training in the jungle, Pete's squad is called out to intervene in a skirmish in a ...

People thought war would end once mankind made it into space. Idiots. Once the fighting started, subspace ships took the brunt, sinking ships from hiding. Deadly dangerous work. When the USS Flasher surprised an enemy task force, Ray Honeycutt knew they might die, but they could strike a blow to end the war if they sank that carrier. If they were smart and lucky. Could they do it and live? ----- EXCERPT: “Bogey One has dropped out of supralight right on...

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A captured Raider officer, eager to secure his freedom, informs Space Command Intelligence of a planned attack on a convoy by a massive Raider armada. An effective spotter network and intelligence system usually allows the pirates to avoid SC warships, so for the first time in Galactic Alliance history, a task force of Space Command warships might have an opportunity to engage a fleet of pirate ships in mortal combat. The Space Command Admiral at Higgins SCB pulls out all stops to surreptitio...

**"Here is a writer at the top of his game. The result is a brilliant techno-thriller, the kind a young Clancy would be proud to call his own." -- HOMER HICKAM, Bestselling author of 'Rocket Boys'A minor accident at a German nuclear power plant, a Biological Warfare attack on the British Embassy in Washington, DC, and a secret arms deal combine to drive a trusted NATO Ally into an illegal alliance with a rogue Middle Eastern state. With the world hovering on the brink of war, a han...

It may be the twenty-fifth century, but the Marines are still looking for a few good men.The Confederation has finally disclosed the existence of Skinks, fierce aliens bent on wiping out humankind. While the rest of the universe grapples with the news, the Skink-savvy Marines of the Confederation’s Thirty-fourth Fleet Initial Strike Team (FIST) have their own worries: they’ve just learned they can’t transfer out of the unit. Who else has the skills to fight the Skinks on t...

The Brevic Republic and the Hollaran Commonwealth became bitter adversaries after each won its independence from the Solarian Federation more than a century ago. Now heroism and revenge intertwine as the rival human fleets go to war...Sabrina Twist had a distinguished career in the Brevic Navy before taking a position of power in the Ministry of Public Relations and Information. She expected Caden, her only remaining son, to live up to her legacy when he joined the military at the ...