Star Strike: Book One of the Inheritance Trilogy
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HarperCollins · Ebook · October 13, 2009
Planet by planet, galaxy by galaxy, the inhabited universe has fallen to the alien Xul.
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- Who it’s for
- Follow the United Star Marines into an unknown galaxy, where humanity’s last chance may be waiting.
- Genres
- Military Sci-Fi, Space Opera, Alien Contact
- Published
- HarperCollins, October 13, 2009
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Planet by planet, galaxy by galaxy, the inhabited universe has fallen to the alien Xul. Now only one obstacle stands between them and total domination: the warriors of a resilient race the world-devourers nearly annihilated centuries ago . . . A power vast, ancient, and terrifying, the mighty Xul have lost track of the insignificant humans hundreds of years after devastating their home world—which has enabled the United Star Marines to operate unnoticed and unhindered.
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A near-autonomous intergalactic policing force, they battle in defense of an Earth they may not live to see again. Now, following the trail of a vanished twenty-fourth-century transport, they are journeying through an unexplored stargate to the edge of an unknown galaxy many light years from their sun. For the last, best, and only chance to defeat the tyrants of the universe may at long last be at hand . . . Read more
Across the Stars
Follow the United Star Marines into an unknown galaxy, where humanity’s last chance may be waiting.
Come here for
- Intergalactic military action against a formidable alien power
- A sprawling space-opera struggle with humanity’s survival at stake
Expect
- A far-future conflict spanning planets and galaxies
- A resilient military force operating far from Earth
Where it sits
| Space Opera | 87% |
|---|---|
| Military Sci-Fi | 61% |
| Alien Contact | 55% |
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Publisher categories
- Military Fantasy
- Sci-Fi Romance
- Military Romance
- Hard Sci-Fi
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- Space Opera
- Military Sci-Fi
- Funny Sci-Fi
- Space Exploration Fiction
- Authors
- Ian Douglas
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- October 13, 2009
- Format
- Ebook
- Reading lane
- Military Fantasy