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Captain John "Black Jack" Geary is awoken from cryogenic sleep to command the Alliance fleet against the Syndicate Worlds. After a decisive victory that makes him a national hero, he faces political opposition and doubts about his loyalty. Ordered to investigate alien forces on the far side of Syndic space, Geary leads the First Fleet into a perilous mission that could determine whether the Syndic Worlds, now fractured, pose an ever greater danger to the Alliance.
First publish date: 2011
Genre: Science Fiction/Space Opera
Authors: Jack Campbell
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