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*One hundred billion lives depend on what the starship Argent does next.*
Jason Hunter has never been a believer in last chances.
But the unexpected buildup of enemy forces in eight star systems places the battleship _Argent_ squarely in the crucible between a safe return to sanity and a war that could leave nothing behind but a thousand irradiated planets and the screams of their former inhabitants echoing in eternity.
The news from Mycenae Ceti Four is grim. After the disappearance of Shea Eileen Baines, rumors swirled. Some claim she is dead, assassinated by an ambitious Sarn warship commander in a failed abduction attempt. The Argent search and rescue team sent to retrieve her is now also missing. There could be no better justification for her father, Core Alliance president William Baines, to launch a military strike. A Sarn massacre fleet of more than 120 starships waits impatiently in the neighboring Gaelphos system for him to make such a mistake.
Meanwhile, Skywatch has begun its own buildup. The legendary fleet carrier _Song of Heaven_ has mobilized along with the battleships _Constitution, Ireland, Cristobal Vasquez, Bushido, Kingsblade, Midway and Kentucky_ to establish a battleline spanning three star systems. The newest and most advanced F-90 “Superjack” strike fighters have been deployed aboard the _Rigel_ and _Syren_ and an entire division of Razorback superheavy main battle tanks have been moved to forward positions supporting twenty thousand infantry marines and two dozen assault mech regiments deployed to protect vital manufacturing facilities in the contested Rho Theta system.
The Proximan Kingdom has already entered into a mutual protection treaty with the Core Alliance. Vessels from the Kraken Decarchy have fired on Skywatch starships to protect Sarn formations. Even the Yersian Unity has issued uncharacteristic threats. And yet, with all of known space gearing for a disastrous conflict, an unidentified alien race has left behind a mystery: Weapons so advanced, they can alter the very laws of physics.
Jason Hunter is out of time. He is 40 light years from home, and 100 billion lives depend on what his ship does next. He must complete his mission before he receives the dreaded order that will lead to interstellar war:
“Destroy all Starships.”
Start with Chapter One of _Operation Wolfsbane_ : https://youtu.be/heLpyX2fb0Y
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_Operation Wolfsbane_
Shane Lochlann Black
Copyright 2019
Other Science Fiction Titles by Shane Lochlann Black:
_Starships at War Fleet Captain’s Collection_ https://starships.link/fleetcaptain
_Starship Expeditionary Fleet Collection_ https://starships.link/expeditionary
_Strike Battleship Argent_ https://starships.link/argent
_Strike Battleship Engineers_ https://starships.link/engineers
_Strike Battleship Marines_ https://starships.link/marines
_Fleet Commander Recon_ https://starships.link/recon
_Jacks Full of Aces_ https://starships.link/jacks
_Battle Force_ https://starships.link/battleforce
_For the Honor of the Captain_ https://starships.link/honor
_The Guns of the Argent_ https://starships.link/guns
_Operation: Wolfsbane_ https://starships.link/wolfsbane
_Alert Force_ https://starships.link/alertforce
_The Praetorian Imperative_ https://starships.link/praetorian
_Bloodwing_ https://starships.link/bloodwing
_Let None Return Alive_ https://starships.link/return
_Vendetta_ https://starships.link/vendetta
Also by Shane Lochlann Black:
_Dawnsong: The Last Skyblade_ https://lochlann.black/dawnsong
_Jessica Halloran and the Ajan Warriors #1_ https://lochlann.black/ajanone
_The Incredible Untold Story of Sailor Moon_ https://lochlann.black/sailormoon
_Devils Demons and Dead Men_ https://lochlann.black/devils
_Trolls Traps and Treachery_ https://lochlann.black/trolls
_Secret of the Witchwand_ https://lochlann.black/witchwand
The Starships Universe books will appeal to fans of Alan Dean Foster, Isaac Asimov, Harlan Ellison, H.G. Wells, Larry Niven, David Weber, Ray Bradbury, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Jerry Pournelle, John Scalzi, Robert A. Heinlein, Arthur C. Clarke and William Gibson.
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