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It’s the year 2465, two hundred years since the stars were opened to Humanity by the invention of the shift drive. Its discovery began the First Interstellar Expansion Era, catapulting Humanity into a deadly race for the limited resources of navigable space. Now tensions between the Human nations are threatening to boil over into open hostility.
Into this maelstrom steps the exiled Commander James Somerville of the Royal Space Navy. Banished from London to the survey ship HMS Drake, he is about to make a discovery that may change his fortunes and throw Britain into a deadly war with its closest rival. With only his witts and the courage of his crew to see him through, he will be challenged like never before.
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3 primary booksEmpire Rising is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2015 with contributions by D.J. Holmes and D.J. Holmes.
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This book melds a fascinating set of circumstances in a science fiction story that has emotion, action, and drama aplenty. The flawed main protagonist shows growth, deterioration, and more growth in a different direction for his character.
Space battles, losses, gains, and adventure, this is a worthy beginning to a series that, if it maintains quality, will prove a fine read.