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Twenty‑five years after fighting humanity’s only alien conflict, General Jason Wander hails back to Earth, where war scars and cut‑throat defense budgets have left the planet vulnerable. The new global policy of defunding defense threatens to leave Earth exposed.
When a vast alien armada—city‑sized warships—suddenly appears, the first invasion is merely a prelude. Humanity’s last hope lies in one remaining spacecraft and a single guerrilla strike team. Led by Wander, this suicide squad must decide whether to fight or flee, and what home really means in the face of an alien threat.
In a high‑stakes clash between diminished human forces and an overwhelming extraterrestrial fleet, Wander must confront the cost of war, the meaning of home, and the danger of underestimating the enemy.
First publish date: 2005
Genre: Science Fiction/Military Science Fiction
Authors: Robert Buettner
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