"Colonel Jake Thomas has found himself at the edge of disaster once more and managed to pull back from the brink. Defeating the alien armada without the use of a recreated doomsday device was a great victory. However, it was a victory tainted by the realization that a new NeHaw leadership was in place, and they knew how to fight a war in space.
He was once again fighting a two front war, one in space and one on the home front. With cities around the world starting to emerge from the darkness, its troubles at home that have Jake the most challenged. Besides a pregnant Sara, Jacob and Gemma divulge a secret of their own, and it's one that has Gemma's mother none too happy."
"Colonel Jake Thomas has a mess on his hands. The losses on Klinan have gutted an already short-staffed defense force, and his people are scrambling to prepare for a possible attack, directly on earth. Combined with the seemingly erratic behavior of Sara, his number one go to girl, he is struggling to keep up.
Now, with unexplained transmissions originating in Europe, and an Alien visitor with questionable motives, he is awash in new challenges on earth and in space. Can the activity in Europe be a sign of troubles to come, or is it an indication of allies waiting to be discovered?"
"Major Jake Thomas is on a roll. With the help of the Artificial Life: Intelligent Computing Environments, or ALICE systems, he has successfully faced off with the hostile NeHaw three times. With continued support from his inner circle of female recruits, all handpicked by the ALICEs to further their own agenda, he continues to try to help the earth return to glory.
As he works to assemble a space fleet from captured and constructed vessels to address the expanding NeHaw aggression, the terrestrial challenges at home continue to pile up. With troubles in California, Maine, and Washington State to plague Jake and his team, the threat of a two front war looms ahead."
"Captain Jacob Thomas USMC is a divorced combat veteran just trying to get his life back on track. Returning to the Marine Corps after a failed attempt at reconciliation with his estranged wife, Jake volunteers for a DARPA experiment that catapults him into a future where humanity has been stripped of 200 years of technological advancements and more than half its population.
With the help of a faceless benefactor named Alice, he escapes the confines of an abandoned lab facility and starts a journey to put earth back on a path to recovery. Jake's path begins in the rich farmlands of central California and eventually places him in orbit and face to face with the very evil that started it all."
"Bryan Norton's adventure continues as an attempt on his life prompts the crew of Independence to search the universe for a hidden adversary, one intent on their destruction. An unexpected appearance leaves Bryan at odds with his female companions as a new alien female captures his attention, and the crew adds to their ranks due to a fortuitous alteration in the Galactic definition of what it means to be human."
"Life aboard Independence was proving very interesting for Bryan Norton, human in exile. With his youthful body returned to him via the magic of the Molecular Reconstruction Transformer, or MRT as it is commonly called, he was experiencing a second life. It is a new chance at something far more interesting and challenging than his first time around in life.
A confrontation with an alien Mob Boss, the rescue of a mysterious government hostage, and the unexpected return to his home planet Earth all combined to push Bryan out of his comfort zone and step up his game. Little by little, he learns to outmaneuver and overcome the trials presented to him and the crew of Independence.
Now, if he could only figure out the three alien females who, individually, tested his flexibility in an ever-changing environment, while collectively ensuring his new life among the stars was never dull."
"Bryan Norton was a loner with a love for shooting, and the vast Arizona desert at his disposal to cater to that passion. A former Marine Captain, he was the beneficiary of an early medical retirement due to a blown knee and now had three hundred and sixty five days of vacation a year, use it or lose it.
A chance encounter with a stranger on a desert outing was about to change his life. Helping a man pursued by alien bounty hunters, he found himself transformed from a human retiree into a wanted alien fugitive, chased by both the Intergalactic Bounty Hunters Guild and the Interstellar Police force.
Now a refugee, he was Invited aboard their spaceship as an outlaw. Bryan was about to discover a vast universe he had no idea existed. Best of all, the alien allies aboard Independence could turn back the clock on his disabled body, returning his youth and mobility to a time before his crippling injury. Now, if he could stay alive long enough to enjoy it."
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