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Val Standish is a farm girl on Nadolo Prime, and everyone knows there's only one way off that backwater planet: joining the Imperial Fleet.
When an empire-spanning civil war breaks out, the peaceful life she knows is shattered.
With war engulfing the Empire, Standish will do whatever it takes to survive, never knowing that her adventures will take her to the very heart of power, while exposing her to more danger than she’d ever imagine.
Standish is a full-length standalone space opera novel in the Earth Saga series. Start here for thrilling space exploration in the vein of The Expanse, or start at the beginning to get the military science fiction experience readers call "the most amazing action sci-fi romp."
The Earth Saga:Minus Epsilon, Book I
Defiant Order, Book II
Horizons, Book III
Remnants of Empire, Book IV
Edge of the Vortex, Book V
Condition Zero, Book VI
Earth Saga Standalones:
Standish
Love in a Time of War
The Gauloi
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