Science fiction

Rising Tide

The Terran Republic has been transformed by the events at Takalu. When a Zalu superweapon turns a new alliance into a wartime crisis, the Calyster and its crew return to duty for a covert mission against the Zalu Empire.

Type: Fiction
Form: Novel
Reading order · 3 of 5: Peacekeeper

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Choose this continuation if you want to follow the Calyster as a changed political situation becomes a wartime assignment. The starting premise connects technology with the pressure of conflict.

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The crew returns to service during a crisis involving the Zalu Empire. This is a continuation rather than a fresh standalone setting.

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Peacekeeper: 2nd Edition
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Chapter One

“It is better for you if you do not know something, because the truth is more painful than not knowing.” I’ve always heard that saying throughout my life, and I never understood the meaning until now. Oh, how true it is!

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