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H. Peter Alesso

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I love words, but that wasn't always true. I grew up with a talent for numbers, leading me to follow a different path. I went to Annapolis and MIT and became a nuclear physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Only after I retired was my desire to tell stories reawakened.

In recent years, I have immersed myself in the world of words, drawing on my scientific knowledge and personal experience to shape my writing.

As a scientist, I explored physics and technology, which enabled me to create informative and insightful books, sharing my knowledge with readers who sought to expand their understanding in these areas—contributing to their intellectual growth while satisfying my own passion.

But it was my time as a naval officer that ignite ...more

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	Midshipman Henry Gallant in Space (The Henry Gallant Saga, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 1,743 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lieutenant Henry Gallant (The Henry Gallant Saga, #2) 4.06 avg rating — 934 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Henry Gallant and the Warrior (The Henry Gallant Saga, #3) 4.23 avg rating — 712 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Captain Henry Gallant (The Henry Gallant Saga, #5) 4.47 avg rating — 632 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Commander Gallant (The Henry Gallant Saga, #4) 4.18 avg rating — 640 ratings — published 2016 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Commodore Henry Gallant (The Henry Gallant Saga, #6) 4.34 avg rating — 541 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Henry Gallant and the Great Ship (The Henry Gallant Saga, #7) 4.39 avg rating — 506 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rear Admiral Henry Gallant (The Henry Gallant Saga, #8) 4.40 avg rating — 428 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The Henry Gallant Saga Books 1-3 4.35 avg rating — 222 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Fallout of War: Ukraine: Year One

Fallout of War Ukraine Year One by H. Peter Alesso

In the tradition of Herman Wouk's sweeping historical war epics, Fallout of War follows Lieutenant Commander James Fairbanks, a career naval submarine officer assigned as a military attaché to the American embassy in Kyiv in late 2021. Fairbanks arrives in Ukraine with his wife, Lucy, a State Department analyst, just as tensions with Ru Read more of this blog post »

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The Other Ancient Civilizations: Decoding Archaeology's Less Celebrated Cultures

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“Revolutions are born in the hearts of the disillusioned and disenfranchised, but they are fomented through the discourse of public opinion.”
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“To politicians, perception trumps reality.”
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“The goal was to create a distorted reality—a misinformation disease. And like any disease, it would spread. The only question was, ‘What would be the nature of this infection?”
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