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The Union will stop at nothing to achieve victory.
Will Swiftsure be able to withstand the relentless waves of attacks?

Cliff Rawlins, after recovering from the explosion that destroyed his headquarters, finds he has no time to rest. The Union is determined to wipe out anything that prevents them from absorbing the most economically powerful solar systems in settled space. They launch waves of attacks, devastating Rawlins’ forces.

With his fleet down to its last ships, Rawlins launches a “Hail Mary” attack to buy his forces time that they need desperately. The Union, with too few ships to resume the offensive, offers bounties to the major criminal syndicates to prey upon the convoys Swiftsure protects. Swiftsure must find an answer.

The race is on. Whichever side manages to finish building new ships first will have a huge advantage. Swiftsure pulls just far enough ahead in the arms race to position itself on the cusp of victory, but its clients pull them back. They decide to negotiate with the Union, whose only intent is to buy time to rebuild its fleets.

The war between the Union of Free Planets and the mercenary navy is about to reach a climax. At stake is the fate of settled space…

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Misfortune’s Favorite

Orion Spur Book 1

Tenuous Defense

Mercenary Navy Book 3

FitzDuncan’s Peril

The FitzDuncan Series Book 9

Swiftsure Ascendant

Mercenary Navy Book 2

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On an uncharted island in the middle of the ocean, a man more dead than alive lies on the beach. When he regains consciousness after being rescued by the inhabitants, he remembers almost nothing. Even his name is only a guess.

In another part of the world, the king of Boreas is dead, the victim of an assassination. Two lieutenants of the Palace Guard suspect a powerful member of the court is behind it. One leaves to find the king’s brother, knowing that his hasty departure will taint him with the appearance of guilt, but, played correctly, it is the only way his friend can avoid becoming a target of the man they suspect is behind the king’s death.

After a dangerous midwinter sailing across the Solortus ocean to the southern continent, the lieutenant finds Auster, his country’s allies, under attack by a mutual enemy. With a young woman acting as his guide, he sets off to sound the alarm. While they succeed in thwarting the enemy advance, the lieutenant begins to suspect events in Boreas and Auster are linked, parts of a much greater scheme.

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About John Spearman

John Spearman (Jake to his friends and colleagues) is a Latin teacher and coach at a prestigious New England boarding school. The proud father of four boys, he lives with his wife (and five dogs) in coastal Maine when school is not in session. Rawlins’ Redemption is his twentieth book.

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