The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier: Leviathan by Jack Campbell (English) Paperb

Description: The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier: Leviathan by Jack Campbell Includes an excerpt from The lost stars: Shattered spear. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Admiral John "Black Jack" Geary embarks on a brand-new mission—to defend the Alliance from itself—in New York Times bestselling author Jack Campbells latest action-packed novel…Two Syndicate Worlds star systems have fallen prey to a mysterious fleet of warships—a fleet controlled entirely by artificial intelligence—that is now targeting Alliance space. The warships are no mystery to Admiral John "Black Jack" Geary. They were developed by his government to ensure security, but malfunctioned. If the Syndics learn the truth, the war with the Alliance will resume with a vengeance. As the government attempts to conceal the existence of the AI warships—and its role in their creation—Geary pursues them, treading a fine line between mutiny and obedience. But it soon becomes clear that his fleet is no match for the firepower of the machine-piloted armada. With the help of the Dancer species of aliens, Geary has tracked the AI ships to their secret base in the supposedly mythical Unity Alternate star system, where his fleet, the last hope for the Alliances future, will end the conflict at any cost… Author Biography "Jack Campbell" is the pen name of John G. Hemry, a retired naval officer who graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis before serving with the surface fleet and in a variety of other assignments. He is the author of The Lost Fleet series and the spin-off Lost Stars series, as well as the Starks War series and the Paul Sinclair series. His short fiction appears frequently in Analog magazine. He lives with his indomitable wife and three children in Maryland. Review "Campbell combines the best parts of military SF and grand space opera…Gearys Star Trek–like mission of exploration sets the fleet up for plenty of exciting discoveries and escapades."—Publishers Weekly "Rousing military-SF action."—Sci Fi Weekly "This series is the best military SF Ive read in some time."—GeekDad Review Quote "Campbell combines the best parts of military SF and grand space opera...Gearys Star Trek -like mission of exploration sets the fleet up for plenty of exciting discoveries and escapades."-- Publishers Weekly Excerpt from Book For S., as always. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS THE FIRST FLEET OF THE ALLIANCE ADMIRAL JOHN GEARY, COMMANDING SECOND BATTLESHIP DIVISION Gallant Indomitable Glorious Magnificent THIRD BATTLESHIP DIVISION Dreadnaught Orion (lost at Sobek) Dependable Conqueror FOURTH BATTLESHIP DIVISION Warspite Vengeance Revenge Guardian FIFTH BATTLESHIP DIVISION Fearless Resolution Redoubtable SEVENTH BATTLESHIP DIVISION Colossus Encroach Amazon Spartan EIGHTH BATTLESHIP DIVISION Relentless Reprisal (returned to Callas Republic) Superb Splendid FIRST BATTLE CRUISER DIVISION Inspire Formidable Brilliant (lost at Honor) Implacable SECOND BATTLE CRUISER DIVISION Leviathan Dragon Steadfast Valiant FOURTH BATTLE CRUISER DIVISION Dauntless (flagship) Daring Victorious Intemperate FIFTH BATTLE CRUISER DIVISION Adroit (lost at Atalia) SIXTH BATTLE CRUISER DIVISION Illustrious Incredible Invincible (lost at Pandora) FIFTH ASSAULT TRANSPORT DIVISION Tsunami Typhoon Mistral Haboob FIRST AUXILIARIES DIVISION Titan Tanuki Kupua Domovoi SECOND AUXILIARIES DIVISION Witch Jinn Alchemist Cyclops THIRTY-ONE HEAVY CRUISERS IN SIX DIVISIONS First Heavy Cruiser Division Third Heavy Cruiser Division Fourth Heavy Cruiser Division Fifth Heavy Cruiser Division Eighth Heavy Cruiser Division Tenth Heavy Cruiser Division Emerald and Hoplon lost at Honor FIFTY-FIVE LIGHT CRUISERS IN TEN SQUADRONS First Light Cruiser Squadron Second Light Cruiser Squadron Third Light Cruiser Squadron Fifth Light Cruiser Squadron Sixth Light Cruiser Squadron Eighth Light Cruiser Squadron Ninth Light Cruiser Squadron Tenth Light Cruiser Squadron Eleventh Light Cruiser Squadron Fourteenth Light Cruiser Squadron Balestra lost at Honor Lancer lost at Atalia ONE HUNDRED SIXTY DESTROYERS IN EIGHTEEN SQUADRONS First Destroyer Squadron Second Destroyer Squadron Third Destroyer Squadron Fourth Destroyer Squadron Sixth Destroyer Squadron Seventh Destroyer Squadron Ninth Destroyer Squadron Tenth Destroyer Squadron Twelfth Destroyer Squadron Fourteenth Destroyer Squadron Sixteenth Destroyer Squadron Seventeenth Destroyer Squadron Twentieth Destroyer Squadron Twenty-first Destroyer Squadron Twenty-third Destroyer Squadron Twenty-seventh Destroyer Squadron Twenty-eighth Destroyer Squadron Thirty-second Destroyer Squadron Zaghnal lost at Pandora Plumbatae, Bolo, Bangalore, and Morningstar lost at Honor Musket lost at Midway Kururi and Sabar lost at Atalia FIRST FLEET MARINE FORCE Major General Carabali, commanding 3,000 Marines on assault transports and divided into detachments on battle cruisers and battleships ONE "FIVE minutes to exit from jump space," Captain Tanya Desjani said from her seat next to Admiral John "Black Jack" Geary on the bridge of the Alliance battle cruiser Dauntless . "All systems at maximum combat readiness." The warships commanded by Geary had left the blood and fire of Atalia Star System in pursuit of the dark ships that had carried out the destruction there. Geary and the others called them "dark ships" because their hulls were a duskier shade than most warships, perhaps because of special stealth materials. It hadnt been the crews of the dark ships that had committed the atrocities at Atalia and at Indras Star System but the dark ships themselves. The dark ships lacked human crews who could have overridden automated systems that had developed deadly glitches or perhaps been deliberately sabotaged by any of a variety of malware. Having finally won the century-long war against the Syndicate Worlds, the Alliance government had decided not to place its faith in the men and women who had paid the price for that victory, instead placing its trust in robotic systems that had already set ablaze two star systems. Gearys Task Force Dancer had left Varandal with twelve battle cruisers, eight heavy cruisers, thirteen light cruisers, and twenty-five destroyers. The battle cruiser Adroit had been lost in the fighting at Atalia, along with the light cruiser Lancer and the destroyers Kururi and Sabar . Four battle cruisers, Leviathan , Dragon , Steadfast , and Valiant , along with some heavy cruisers and destroyers, had remained at Atalia to assist damaged ships and recover wreckage from destroyed dark ships. Only seven battle cruisers were left in the pursuit force. That would be enough. If they could catch the surviving dark ships, which had fled from the destruction they had wrought at Atalia. -- "ARE automatic software updates disabled for Dauntless s systems?" Geary asked. "Yes, sir." Tanya could be informal at other times, but now she was sharp, precise, and dangerous, a human weapon honed by the last decades of the brutal war with the Syndics. "My people are actively monitoring all systems, and if something tries overriding the block on updates, they have orders to shut down those systems and do a cold reboot from last-day backups." "Good," Geary said. "Its a hell of a thing not to be able to trust our own software." Desjani shook her head. "We could never completely trust our software. It wasnt just flaws and glitches, it was also all the malware that enemy hackers could come up with to cause our software to misbehave. Humans separate from the machines are the only firewalls proven to be reliable enough. Thats why we always kept humans in the loop, for those times when the software got its artificial little brains twisted." "Always until those dark ships were built," Geary said, his tones tight with anger. "Yes." She leaned closer and spoke more quietly. "If the dark ships went berserk after they arrived at Varandal, like they did at Atalia, stopping them from doing a lot of damage might be impossible for us. They were nearly two hours ahead of us when they jumped for Varandal, and if they accelerated after they left jump space, they will have opened that lead. And none of the defenses at Varandal will be able to see the dark ships at all to counter them." "I know," Geary said, trying not to let his frustration sound too clearly. "Thanks to official software updates designed to keep us blind to the dark ships. Are the software patches that fix the damage caused by those updates ready to send as soon as we arrive at Varandal?" "Yes, sir. The First Fleet ships still at Varandal will install the patches on your say-so because youre the fleet commander, but other Alliance forces not directly reporting to you may not," she reminded him. "Theyll argue that these are unauthorized modifications to official software, so they need approval from their own chain of command to install them." "If theyre already getting shot up by warships that are invisible to their sensors, they may be motivated to ignore regulations concerning unauthorized software modifications." "One minute to exit from jump space," Lieutenant Castries called from her watch station at the back of the bridge. Geary fixed his eyes on his display. A marker to one side confirmed that Dauntless s weapons systems, like those of the other warships in this pursuit force, were set to open fire immediately if any dark ships were within range when the Alliance warships left jump space. He didnt think they would be, though. The artificial-intelligence routines governing the dark ships tactical decisions were apparently closely based on Gearys own methods, and under these circumstances, if he had been the commander of the dark ships, he would not have attempted an ambush against a force with as much an advantage in firepower as Task Force Dancer still possessed. The jolt of transition from the gray nothingness of jump space back to the real universe hit Geary. He was barely aware of the sudden reappearance of the stars in the endless blackness of space, his mind dazed by the transition, but even while fighting off the effects of the exit from jump, Geary noticed that none of Dauntless s weapons were firing. His display swam back into focus as Geary concentrated on it. Desjani was a second faster than he was in getting her mind working right again. "Theyre heading for the hypernet gate." "To attack it, or to use it to get away?" he wondered aloud. "At least theyre not moving into the star system to attack the ships and facilities." Space had no up or down, no east or west to determine directions, so humans had made up their own. Every star system had a plane in which planets orbited. One side of that plane was labeled up, the other down. Any direction toward the star was starboard or starward, while any direction away from the star was port. The conventions were simple, but they worked to give common references for ships that might be pointed in any di Details ISBN0425260550 Author Jack Campbell Pages 352 Language English ISBN-10 0425260550 ISBN-13 9780425260555 Media Book Series Number 11 Short Title LOST FLEET BEYOND LEVIATHAN DEWEY FIC Year 2016 Publication Date 2016-04-26 Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2016-04-26 NZ Release Date 2016-04-26 US Release Date 2016-04-26 UK Release Date 2016-04-26 Place of Publication New York Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc Series The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier Format Paperback Imprint Ace Books Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:139340527;

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