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When chaos erupts throughout the known galaxy, the Associative struggles to maintain peace across countless colonies and orbital habitats. In a crisis that demands extreme measures, the Star Marines are woken from an 850‑year cybe‑hibernation. General Trevor Garroway and his men confront a changed battlefield, beginning with an assault at the Tarantula Stargate. They soon learn that the true threat lies beyond the edges of known reality: the brutal, unstoppable Xul, armed with a destructive weapon that imperils not only the future but the past of humanity. Failure to defeat this xenophobic foe could lead the Great Annihilator to erase all human existence.
First publish date: 2009
Genre: Science Fiction/Military Science Fiction
Authors: Ian Douglas
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