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Attacked and betrayed, Nick Seafort must lead a stranded ship to safety, in a science fiction adventure from the John W. Campbell Award–winning author. After his heroics aboard the Hibernia in Midshipman's Hope, Nicholas Seafort wins command of his first ship, the Challenger, and joins Admiral Tremaine's task force. Their first meeting is a rude awakening, however, as Tremaine demotes him to a smaller, overcrowded ship and blatantly ignores Seafort's...

In the sequel to Blackcollar from the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Star Wars: Thrawn, Allen Caine is back on the front lines of an alien war. Hugo Award–Winning Author Denver, Earth. The twenty-fifth century. After a devastating alien invasion, the Terran Democratic Empire is occupied by the Ryqril race. The once-heroic resistance warriors known as the blackcollars now serve as strong-arm security for Denver's criminal elements. When...

A genetically enhanced fighting force may be humanity's only hope in this novel by the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of Star Wars: Thrawn. Hugo Award–Winning Author Decades after a successful invasion of Earth and the Terran Democratic Empire by the Ryqril—hostile, leathery-skinned aliens—resistance fighter Allen Caine is training for an undercover mission. He will assume the identity of an aide to the senate—part of the government...

The third book in the military science fiction series is "a splendid homage to the grand tradition of the old seafarer's tale" (Roger MacBride Allen, author of the Star Wars Corellian Trilogy). While recovering from the physical and emotional wounds he sustained in Challenger's Hope, Nick Seafort is named as the liaison between the wealthy planters of Hope Nation and the United Nations Navy. The lurking, acid-spewing, fish-shape aliens are a real...

From a John W. Campbell Award winning author: The original trilogy chronicling the military science fiction adventures of Nicholas Seafort. In a splendid homage to the grand tradition of the old seafarer's tale, the Seafort Saga tells the story of an intergalactic captain's journey through the galaxy (Roger MacBride Allen). Now, the first three installments of this epic series are available in one volume. Midshipman's Hope : The year is 2194. Seventeen-year-old...

In the far future, a young man of peace is transformed into an intergalactic killer by the nightmarish technologies of an omnipotent government organization, in this powerful and provocative science fiction classic from the award-winning author of The Forever War Once Otto McGavin was a kind and gentle soul; then he was recruited by the all-powerful Confederación. An ultrasecretive, government-linked organization, the Confederación's stated mission...

First in the military science fiction series that does "an excellent job of transferring Hornblower to interstellar space. A thoroughly enjoyable read" (David Drake). In the year 2194, seventeen-year-old Nicholas Seafort is assigned to the Hibernia as a lowly midshipman. Destination: the thriving colony of Hope Nation. But when a rescue attempt goes devastatingly wrong, Seafort is thrust into a leadership role he never anticipated. The other officers...

Naval Commandant Nick Seafort has returned to his home planet, Earth—and soon he will have to defend it: "Action-packed science fiction at its very best." —Lansing State Journal Luck has always run in both directions for Naval Commandant Nicholas Seafort. While he has managed to save the Hope Nation colony from alien attack, he and his friends have paid a heavy price. Most recently, his exploits have earned him a dignified position as an instructor...

Bioengineered cop Jak Cato of the Uman Empire discovers that the Emperor is actually a shape-shifting alien that Jak supposedly killed and tries to discover if it is acting alone or is part of a larger conspiracy.

"A rookie is promoted after performing a great feat by eliminating an alien nest. Ovated by all his teammates after receiving the medal of honor, he is transferred to the special team. His mission, the destiny of humanity. In a last attack forced by the allies to finally finish with the Tungs. But what would become of us if everything they tell us is a lie. To discover the truth in a war. To have in the hands the absolute truth written by an enemy....