Science fiction

Star Destroyer

Xander Martin and the Calyster return from the galactic center to a war that is still raging. A new order sends the crew into another mission, whose unforeseen consequences bring the Peacekeeper series to its conclusion.

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

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Why choose this book?

Choose this book when you are ready to complete the Calyster’s connected journey. It continues the relationship between a crew’s assignments and the wider war.

What to expect

Xander Martin and the Calyster return to a conflict that is still underway. The catalogue identifies this as the concluding Peacekeeper novel.

Before you begin

Read it after Star Rising in the confirmed sequence. The companion’s ending discussion is separated from its introductory material.

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Where to read next

Peacekeeper: 2nd Edition
Another connected work; this does not prescribe an order.
Peacekeeper: Prequel
Another connected work; this does not prescribe an order.
Rising Tide
Another connected work; this does not prescribe an order.

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Supplied manuscript: 60,560 extracted words. This describes the supplied text, not a verified count for every retail edition.

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Planning estimate: about 4–7 hours at 150–300 words per minute. Poetry, rereading and note-taking can take longer; this is not a retail-edition length claim.

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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

For over a month, I trained. For over a month, I suffered the agony that the monks put me through. For over a month, I mastered the republic’s newest weapon in our war against the Zalu Empire. I hope it was enough.

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