The Spiral Wars; Collection Three: Books 8-10
(2026)(A book in the Spiral Wars series)
An omnibus of novels by Joel Shepherd
The legend of the UFS Phoenix has spread across the Spiral. From the confederation of the amphibious tavalai, to the worlds of the secretive parren. From the hive-mind sard to the aggressive croma and the murderous reeh, all have come to know, and fear, the human warship with the mixed species crew, that travels in the company of Styx, the greatest AI commander of armies from the Machine Age.
Phoenix has risked it all, to gain forewarning of the largest threat the Spiral has ever faced, confronting humanity from within the territory of humans' former friends, the alo. Now, the crew of the Phoenix must begin the hardest part of their trial - the journey home. Have they done enough? Will the military dictatorship that rules Human Space ever welcome them back? And by submitting once more to Human Fleet's demands, what does Phoenix, and all humanity, truly stand to lose?
Genre: Science Fiction
Phoenix has risked it all, to gain forewarning of the largest threat the Spiral has ever faced, confronting humanity from within the territory of humans' former friends, the alo. Now, the crew of the Phoenix must begin the hardest part of their trial - the journey home. Have they done enough? Will the military dictatorship that rules Human Space ever welcome them back? And by submitting once more to Human Fleet's demands, what does Phoenix, and all humanity, truly stand to lose?
Genre: Science Fiction
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