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Kris Longknife: Training Daze

Author : Mike Shepherd

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 353 pages

File Size : 28,87 MB

Release : 2011-10-04

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1101562234

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An original novella in the “fast-paced, exciting”* Kris Longknife series from New York Times bestselling author Mike Shepherd. Proving herself a capable, if unorthodox, officer, Lieutenant Kris Longknife has been assigned to train inexperienced crews in piloting the newest, fastest, and deadliest attack ships in the fleet. But Kris’s training tour has not gone unnoticed by her enemies—and their hired assassins... Includes a teaser chapter from the Kris Longknife novel, Daring, and a letter from the author. *Nebula Award-winning author Elizabeth Moon



Defiant

Author : Millie Criswell

Publisher : Grand Central Publishing

Page : 321 pages

File Size : 15,87 MB

Release : 2001-02-15

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0759520623

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Attorney Travis Bodine faces the toughest challenge of his career defending his brother Rafe against murder charges. To make matters worse he has to work with his ex-fiancee, Hannah. The two must put the past behind them to save Rafe's life.



Kris Longknife: Daring

Author : Mike Shepherd

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 357 pages

File Size : 45,14 MB

Release : 2011-10-25

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1101545232

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Lieutenant Commander Kris Longknife leads a reconnaissance mission of the vast uncharted regions of space. No one, least of all Kris, expects to find a hostile alien starship. Now, she must determine the extent of the alien threat-and whether to start an interstellar war...



Kris Longknife: Welcome Home / Go Away

Author : Mike Shepherd

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 88 pages

File Size : 34,4 MB

Release : 2012-09-25

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1101589671

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An original novella in the “fast-paced, exciting military SF series”* featuring Kris Longknife. Kris Longknife is back home from her galactic adventures, but her entire Fleet of Discovery has been annihilated. Now, humanity finds itself at war with an alien race more monstrous than anyone could have possibly imagined. General Terrance “Trouble” Tordon, Kris’s great-grandfather, is given the task of calming the panicked politicians, some of whom blame Kris for the disaster and would like to eliminate the ever bothersome Commander Longknife. But as “Trouble” struggles to defend his Kris, the level of uncertainty among the civilians leads to more panic and a rush to judgment that makes him believe that he’s facing a fight he’s bound to lose… Includes a preview of the newest Kris Longknife novel, Furious, available November 2012. *SF Site



Vicky Peterwald: Target

Author : Mike Shepherd

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 338 pages

File Size : 45,40 MB

Release : 2014-06-24

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1101617314

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BEAUTY AND THE BATTLEFIELD Her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Victoria Maria Teresa Inez Smythe-Peterwald, daughter of wealth and power, was raised to do little except be attractive and marry well. Then everything changed—her brother, her father’s favorite and the heir apparent, was killed in battle by Lieutenant Kris Longknife, daughter of the Peterwald’s longtime enemies. Vicky vowed revenge, but her skill set was more suitable for seduction than assassination, and she failed. Angry and disappointed, her father decided she needed military training and forced her to join the Navy. Now Ensign Vicky Peterwald is part of a whole new world, where use of her ample charms will not lead to advancement. But her father is the Emperor, and what he wants he gets. What he wants is for Vicky to learn to be efficiently ruthless and deadly. Though the lessons are hard learned, Vicky masters them—with help from an unexpected source: Kris Longknife.



Fifty Degrees Below

Author : Kim Stanley Robinson

Publisher : Spectra

Page : 418 pages

File Size : 14,92 MB

Release : 2005-10-25

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0553902075

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Set in our nation’s capital, here is a chillingly realistic tale of people caught in the collision of science, technology, and the consequences of global warming. When the storm got bad, Frank Vanderwal was in his office at the National Science Foundation. When it was over, large chunks of San Diego had eroded into the sea, and D.C. was underwater. Everything Frank and his colleagues feared had culminated in this disaster. And now the world was looking to them to fix it. But even as D.C. bails itself out, a more extreme climate change looms. The melting polar ice caps are shutting down the warm Gulf Stream waters—meaning Ice Age conditions could return. And the last time that happened, eleven thousand years ago, it took just three years to start.…



Kris Longknife: Bold

Author : Mike Shepherd

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 402 pages

File Size : 20,42 MB

Release : 2016-10-25

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0698180666

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Kris Longknife “can kick, shoot, and punch her way out of any dangerous situation,”* and her latest adventure in the New York Times bestelling series is as perilous as they come... Despite her role as a fleet Admiral and protector of a planetary system, Kris is still beholden to her great grandfather King Raymond’s commands. She has been personally selected for a mission that, should she succeed, will save millions of lives. The Peterwald Empire is in the midst of civil war. On one side is the tyrannical Empress, on the other is the last person Kris ever wants to see again—Grand Duchess Vicky Peterwald. Due to their shared history, the Emperor believes Kris can mediate between the factions and bring about peace. But before Kris even begins her mission, she survives multiple assassination attempts on her family home world. Someone doesn’t want her interfering in the Empire’s affairs. Kris immediately suspects Vicky or the Empress, only to learn that it could also be a traitor among her own people... *Sci Fi magazine



Kris Longknife: Unrelenting

Author : Mike Shepherd

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 309 pages

File Size : 10,39 MB

Release : 2015-10-27

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0698180658

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In the New York Times bestselling Kris Longknife novels, “fans of the Honor Harrington escapades will welcome the adventures of another strong female in outer space starring in a thrill-a-page military space opera” (Alternative Worlds). The aliens attacking the planetary system of Alwa are an enemy unlike any Admiral Kris Longknife has ever encountered before. She doesn’t know who they are, only that they worship a being known as the Enlightened One and are unafraid to sacrifice themselves against her fleet. But Kris faces more than just the fanatical behavior of an alien armada. A saboteur has infiltrated the military’s medical facility and unleashed an epidemic that has spread throughout the fleet without warning. Seventy-two career military women are down with something not even the aliens could do to them—including Admiral Kris Longknife…



Kris Longknife: Tenacious

Author : Mike Shepherd

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 386 pages

File Size : 44,92 MB

Release : 2014-10-28

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0698139755

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NATIONAL BESTSELLING SERIES There’s no rest for a Longknife—even if you’re a newlywed. Vice Admiral Kris Longknife’s honeymoon gets cancelled when she hears that the space raider’s home world may have been discovered. Finding where the raiders came from could be the key to saving humanity. If only uncovering their secrets was that easy… As Kris returns home, she ends up tangling with a mutinous crew determined to take off on their own. The dissident group leads Kris straight into a new mess—a system filled with strange, deadly enemies poised to wipe another sentient civilization out of existence. Kris and her squadron are ready to prevent total annihilation, but the mutineers have other plans…



Kris Longknife: Defender

Author : Mike Shepherd

Publisher : Penguin

Page : 386 pages

File Size : 43,27 MB

Release : 2013-10-29

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 0425253414

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Kris Longknife is back in the good graces of the brass—and to demonstrate that, they've promoted her to Admiral. Now her mission is to find the home base of the space pirates who are plaguing the fringes of the galaxy. But no mission is ever simple when your name is Longknife. And this time the complications range from the military to the personal, as Kris finds herself—reluctantly—having to make some command decisions about her future...