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Forge and Steel


A Science Fiction Novel


Book 11 of the Plague Wars Series


Subgenres & Tropes:

  • Alien Invasion,
  • Military Science Fiction,
  • Space Opera
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This book is for you if you're into...

  • Military sci-fi missions with impossible odds and tough moral calls
  • Mentor-protégé dynamics under fire in alien war zones
  • Stories where humanity is tested in the face of alien threats
Publisher Description

From Hugo award finalist and bestselling Amazon science fiction author David VanDyke come four Plague Wars: Alien Invasion/Stellar Conquest stories in one volume.

Steel's First Temper: Jill "Reaper" Repeth must complete a tough rescue mission on a Meme asteroid base while beginning to train a new protégé, Joseph "Bull" ben Tauros.

A Hotter Forge: Bull and Reaper are assigned to capture one of the Pure Race, but a Blend throws a monkey wrench into their plan, forcing them into a no-win battle.

As the Sparks Fly Upward: Bull comes face-to-face with a test of his humanity--and that of another.

What Price Humanity? Vincent "Vango" Markis awakes to find himself blind and helpless. Soon it becomes apparent that he and his fellow pilots are trapped in a situation with no choices and only one way out. A slightly shorter version was previously published in Jerry Pournelle's anthology There Will Be War X.

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