Science fiction

Peacekeeper: 2nd Edition

Terran Peacekeeper Xander Martin reaches Takalu on a routine patrol and finds the aftermath of a battle in orbit. The discovery draws him into a struggle among ambitious spacefaring powers, with consequences that could reshape humanity’s future.

Type: Fiction
Form: Novel
Reading order · 2 of 5: Peacekeeper

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Why choose this book?

Choose this novel for an encounter that expands a routine patrol into questions of interstellar power. Xander Martin provides a personal entry into the conflict.

What to expect

The opening discovery takes place near Takalu. The story belongs to the continuing Peacekeeper sequence.

Before you begin

The current catalogue identifies this as the second edition. Begin with the prequel if you want the confirmed series order.

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What do you expect a routine patrol to notice and report?

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Where to read next

Rising Tide
Next in the confirmed series order. A crew between installments: reading continuity in Peacekeeper — Following a recurring ship creates a kind of continuity that differs from reading several independent space adventures.
Peacekeeper: Prequel
Another connected work; this does not prescribe an order. A crew between installments: reading continuity in Peacekeeper — Following a recurring ship creates a kind of continuity that differs from reading several independent space adventures.
Star Destroyer
Another connected work; this does not prescribe an order. A crew between installments: reading continuity in Peacekeeper — Following a recurring ship creates a kind of continuity that differs from reading several independent space adventures.

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Supplied manuscript: 76,884 extracted words. This describes the supplied text, not a verified count for every retail edition.

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Planning estimate: about 5–9 hours at 150–300 words per minute. Poetry, rereading and note-taking can take longer; this is not a retail-edition length claim.

Is this part of a collection?

This work belongs to Peacekeeper. Follow its confirmed reading order.

Also included in Peacekeeper: The Complete Series. Check your existing books before choosing a collected edition.

Chapter One: — selected excerpt

Author-supplied manuscript; opening selection beginning at paragraph 1. Paragraph numbering follows non-empty body paragraphs in the supplied file. © Paul Haedo. This is a short excerpt, not the complete chapter.

Chapter One:

The bulkheads always sing in warp. They creak, they stretch, they moan under the toil, yet they sing, almost as if they are capturing the music of life, the music that can be heard only at FTL. The drive itself I cannot hope to comprehend; it is a box of mystery, known only to the Basque teenager who discovered its intricacies all those years ago, and to the specific engineers who can understand her riddles and her tricks.

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