A NEW NOVEL IN TOM KRATMAN'S HARD-HITTING MILITARY SF CARRERA SERIES
When Patricio Carrera's family was murdered by Salafist terrorists aided
and abetted by the fleet of alien Earth, the only restraint on his
ruthlessness and ambition was also removed. Now, after decades of war
and preparation for war in his adopted homeland of Balboa, the last of
the Tauran Union Expeditionary Force collapses and is herded into prison
camps and ships, where their re-education commences.
An Islamic rebellion explodes inside the Tauran Union, bringing the
governments and the bureaucracies to their knees . . . except when
they're hauled up by their necks on lampposts. In neighboring Santa
Josefina, the Taurans' Task Force Jesuit is pinned into one small corner
of the country, helplessly awaiting destruction. At sea, the Balboan
classis and the remaining fleet of the Zhong Hegemony battle for the
supply lines that keep the invading Zhong Army in Balboa alive, while
the legions, now rid of the Taurans, redeploy against the Zhong,
vengeance and massacre in their hearts and minds. And finally, Hamilcar
Carrera, Patricio's young son, stands poised on the bridge of a
clandestine assault transport, ready to obliterate the last enemy base
on his planet, even as a small ship is poised to remove the alien
interstellar fleet overhead.
About the Carrera series:
"[I]nterplanetary warfare with . . . [a] visceral story of bravery
and sacrifice . . . fans of the military SF of John Ringo and David
Weber should enjoy this SF action adventure."--Library Journal
"Kratman's dystopia is a brisk page turner full of startling twists . .
. [Kratman is] a professional military man . . . up to speed on
military and geopolitical conceits."--Best-selling author of America
Alone Mark Steyn on Tom Kratman's uncompromising military SF thriller
Caliphate
"Kratman raises disquieting questions on what it might take to win the
war on terror . . . realistic action sequences, strong
characterizations, and thoughts on the philosophy of war."--Publishers
Weekly
About Tom Kratman:
"[Baen publisher] Toni [Weisskopf] and I disagree about everything
except about how good his books are."--John Birmingham
Carrera Series:
A Desert Called Peace
Carnifex
The Lotus Eaters
The Amazon Legion
Come and Take Them
The Rods and the Axe
A Pillar of Fire by Night
Days of Burning, Days of Wrath
