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Overview: Anthony James spent his youth reading what might now be called classic sci-fi and fantasy books. These days, he spends time in his study with the door locked against rampant and ferocious toddlers, writing books of his own.
Genre: Fiction > Sci-Fi/Fantasy
1. Dark of the Void
From the shadows of the void they come… For more than a decade, the Human Planetary Alliance and their Daklan allies have readied themselves for a war against a mysterious alien species known as Kilvar - a species which has so far remained in the celestial shadows. Until now. A technological breakthrough on a remote alliance world brings the attack. The enemy warships are seemingly invulnerable and able to act with impunity, killing and destroying at will. Billions of lives are at risk, along with the new technology the Kilvar have come to steal. Against this opponent, the years of preparation seem useless. And yet…the alliance military has plenty of veterans who never learned how to give up. Lieutenant James Vance – a soldier of many past conflicts - thinks he’s seen the worst of the universe. The Kilvar will prove him wrong. Captain William Flint – his heavy cruiser Loadout is about to come face-to-face with an enemy he can’t possibly overcome. Fleet Admiral Carl Recker is the most decorated officer in the alliance. All his experience may not be enough to handle what lies ahead. Hardened by years on the frontline and endless past conflicts, humanity and the Daklan must figure out a way to defeat the Kilvar. The solution will, perhaps, be far more deadly than the enemy. With new technology comes new risks, and what the alliance has discovered may well be the most terrible weapon of all.
2. The God's Titan
Following a devastating attack by the Kilvar aliens, humanity and the Daklan are left counting the costs. The enemy warships are technologically advanced and near invulnerable. If a way isn’t found to even things up, the war will be over in weeks. Fleet Admiral Carl Recker is not a man who accepts defeat and he takes an incredible and potentially deadly gamble. That gamble is nothing less than a mission to plunder the Ancidium. The Ancidium is a warship of incredible power. Neutralised a decade ago, and trapped in stasis before it could unleash its terrible potential, Recker believes it holds the key to defeating the Kilvar. However, the Kilvar are equally interested in the Ancidium and they have seemingly endless spaceships with which to accomplish their goals. Commanding the experimental heavy cruiser Firestorm, Captain William Flint and his crew find themselves in an increasingly desperate battle to protect this greatest of prizes. If they fail, the alliance will lose the war. Meanwhile, inside this titan of alloy, Lieutenant James Vance and his platoon will discover that not everything is what they expected. Alongside the combat and the death is an opportunity which will have far-reaching consequences for the alliance’s 300 billion citizens. The game begins, and, as both Vance and Flint are about to discover, fighting in stasis is far more challenging than they could have possibly imagined…
3. Vilekron
Having recently escaped a stasis sphere with valuable intel recovered from the Lavorix god ship, Ancidium, Captain William Flint is given no time to rest. The Kilvar aliens have attacked planet Basalt with a fleet of their near-invulnerable warships, intending to extract the life energies from the people living there. The local defence force is already out of the fight and the conclusion seems forgone. Technology develops fast in wartime and the alliance has created new weapons to combat the Kilvar. A pair of annihilator battleships, each with differing and unique abilities are the best and only hope of freeing the planet. Given command of the Nightfall, Flint, along with his Daklan counterpart Captain Vazox, must work together to inflict an unlikely defeat upon the Kilvar. However, the enemy have more than one reason to attack Basalt. What happens will lead Flint and Vazox into an encounter even more deadly and one which is seemingly unwinnable. The Kilvar Fifth Seeking has entered alliance territory, and, if not stopped, will surely crush humanity and the Daklan alike. Leading the Fifth Seeking is the Vilekron - a warship that even the Laws of Ancidium could not defeat…
4. Ascendant of Berongar
The Alliance war against the Kilvar aliens has turned into a savage, desperate battle against extinction. Each engagement is tougher than the one before, as the enemy’s technological and numerical superiority becomes ever more apparent. Neither humanity nor the Daklan will accept defeat, and a trade is arranged with the once-hated Lavorix – a trade that puts everything on the table. Accompanying the mission to the god ship Ancidium, Captain William Flint is about to be made an offer he’d far prefer to refuse. An entity of terrifying power – the Raklivian - is preparing to complete the Kilvar ascendancy, and the Lavorix believe Flint is the one who can stop it happening. To sweeten the deal, he’s given the newest colossus from the Ancidium’s shipyards. The Demagaron is a warship beyond anything Flint has commanded before, and he’s going to need every one of its multitude of weapons if he’s to come out on top. The Raklivian is on its way to a place – an entire solar system – that’s heavily fortified and guarded by hundreds of Kilvar warships. If this creature escapes, it's game over – not just for the alliance, but perhaps for every other species in the universe.
5. The God's Reckoning
Having overcome seemingly impossible odds at the Berongar system, Captain William Flint and his crew return to the Ancidium with the Kilvar Raklivian safely contained in an exium cage. It’s another successful mission. Another wall of sand to hold the Kilvar at bay. With the enemy heading inexorably towards ascendancy, Flint knows that something has to change. Whatever it takes. A planet dies and an opportunity emerges, paid for by the souls of the damned. It’s an opportunity not just for the alliance, but for the Kilvar too. The Ancidium itself is up for grabs. A day of reckoning comes, and when it ends, nothing will ever be the same again. The universe watches…
6. Shadows of Kilvus
The most powerful warship in the known universe – the Ancidium – is now in alliance hands. Unfortunately, this incredible achievement has come too late. The Kilvar have gathered enough life energy and they withdraw from alliance territory to prepare for their ascendancy. However, the universe always deals from the bottom of the deck and this time it’s the Kilvar who suffer. One of their five lords – Galtivon, a Shadow of Kilvus – is captured by an alien species unknown to the alliance. Without Galtivon, the ascendancy cannot take place. Captain Flint is in command of another semi-experimental annihilator. The Hades is packed with exium and should have the weaponry to destroy Galtivon - if only Flint can locate the creature before the Kilvar. When it comes to this war, no mission is straightforward. If he is to succeed, Flint must guide his annihilator through the most hostile of territory and survive against opponents of enormous power and brutality. There are more bad guys in the universe than just the Kilvar. Victory will delay the Kilvar ascendancy, potentially by hundreds of years. It’s a prize worth fighting for…
7. Endurus
The Kilvar ascendancy has taken place, though perhaps not in the way the aliens intended. They have roused an ancient vessel from dormancy and charged it with the life energy of a hundred trillion souls.
That vessel is the Endurus. Its death aura spans galaxies and its single goal is the extinction of life. This is a fight from which the human-Daklan alliance cannot run and one which they seemingly cannot win.
Fortunately, the alliance now controls the mighty warship Ancidium – the potential of which has yet to be explored. However, the Ancidium’s life batteries are drained and many of its weapons are offline.
Captain William Flint is given command of the legendary and experimental Gorgadar and tasked with finding a way to recharge the Ancidium’s batteries. His mission sends him in pursuit of the remaining Kilvar lords.
As events unfold, Flint will face not only the Kilvar, but the Endurus itself. He will soon discover the magnitude of the challenge. Against an opponent which can seemingly manipulate the universe itself, what chance victory?
Endurus is a traditional-style science fiction action adventure and the seventh book in the Forged Alliance series. Inside this book, a reader will find space combat, ground combat, ruthless aliens, incredible tech and lots more.
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