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Free FleetMilitary scifi, Space Opera, Hostile Alien Contact, HFY, Powered armor, Space battles, ground combat, Alien RacesConscription. It was announced through every electronic device around the globe, right before everyone considered ‘capable’ was abducted.Meaning most people under the age of twenty-five.James Cook and his team Mecha Tail were supposed to…

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A dark read of alien invasion and induction. Not really a feel good story but one that pulled me in and kept me reading volume after volume. Chatfield is on my list of "read (almost) everything authors" and he did not disappoint me on this one. A classic tale of ratcheting stakes, ever more powerful enemies, and even more powerful friends. Power armor fans will like this one.

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