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Starship Jericho #3
Juggernaut: Starship Jericho Book 3
War has come to the Casa system, and the crew of the S.D.F. Jericho are stuck in the middle of it.Surrounded by enemy warships, Captain Zeke Darius must lead his crew in what will certainly become the fight of their lives. Outnumbered in an alien star system, the future looks bleak. But in the massive, alien ship Renegade the crew has a fighting chance. And the Ashi Empire has never faced the indomitable human spirit!
On the planet Casasil a few brave Space Marines are preparing to make a last stand. With few resources and even less hope, the special operations team is right in its element. Doing the impossible is what they do best, and Master Sergeant Remmy Steel is prepared to give their alien enemies all the fight they can handle.
Juggernaut is the third book in the bestselling Starship Jericho series. Packed full of strategy and action, fascinating characters, and desperate situations, Juggernaut is sure to be an instant hit. With a perfect blend of space fleet and space marine fiction, Juggernaut hits hard from the very first page and never stops.
On the planet Casasil a few brave Space Marines are preparing to make a last stand. With few resources and even less hope, the special operations team is right in its element. Doing the impossible is what they do best, and Master Sergeant Remmy Steel is prepared to give their alien enemies all the fight they can handle.
Juggernaut is the third book in the bestselling Starship Jericho series. Packed full of strategy and action, fascinating characters, and desperate situations, Juggernaut is sure to be an instant hit. With a perfect blend of space fleet and space marine fiction, Juggernaut hits hard from the very first page and never stops.
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Published December 31, 2024
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March 31, 2025
Well, Captain Zeke Darius has his hands full and he’s got a serious problem brewing. He’s now the Captain of this huge alien ship, the *Juggernaut*, but he has no where the right number of crew to fully man the ship. It would take at least a 1,000 people to just run the thing even though most of it is fully automated. And now he faces an unknown number of Ashi Imperium ships. They are coming to take his ship if they can, but if not, they will destroy it and all the people aboard. The Imperium has not been defeated in battle for a thousand years and they will not be defeated now.
Emperor Vang has longed for battle to prove his skills as a warrior. He has fought or at least directed some minor uprisings within the Imperium, but nothing that has really challenged him physically. Now he believes he has the opportunity to face an enemy and personally destroy him. He doesn’t know exactly who this new enemy is, but he thinks it might be the powerful Arodoni, but they haven’t been seen in thousands of years. He knows the *Juggernaut* is an Arodoni starship so he’s just assumed that they are manning the ship after all these years. Right now he believes he has them cornered above the planet Casasil. This is an Imperium planet that was conquered a long time ago because the inhabitants don’t know how to fight. They can’t even protect themselves, but now they have allowed some invaders to occupy their planet so they must pay the price. Emperor Vang, himself, is going to the planet to destroy the invaders and teach the Casians a lesson.
Captain Darius has sent the Marine contingent down to the planet to help the indigenous population to start preparing their defenses. Again, they are not fighters and can’t even physically hold weapons. Still, they do have a sophisticated technology level and they can be taught other things. But right now, Master Sergeant Remmy Steel is leading a small contingent of Marines and they observe the landing of several Ashi landers, one of which appears to have the Emperor debarking and preparing to join the fight. MSgt Steel doesn’t really care who he is as long as he and his fellow Marines kill them all!
The Ashi are huge aliens when compared to humans. The Ashi warrior stands at least thirteen feet tall and probably weights almost five hundred pounds. They wore very little armor, but they carried huge laser rifles. Remmy felt that their laser rifles would do little to these giant ogres but they could probably hurt them with one or two shots from their projectile weapons. So, the Ashi warriors started towards the capital city of Casasil and MSgt Steel had placed his platoon directly in their path, except he was going to place tactically sound ambush sites and see what happens.
Turns out, the Marines can bring down the Ashi, but they have found out their weak point is in the mid-section. It seems as though the Ashi warrior is mostly muscle with very few pain receptors in their body. They can take a lot of damage and keep fighting. If you hit them in the mid-section, that’s when they begin losing their insides and become combat effective. Steel also knows they cannot move that much weight very quickly. A normal human can easily out run an Ashi, but he’s guys and gals aren’t normal. They are in excellent physical shape so outrunning the Ashi warriors following them isn’t a problem. That can get them a chance to set an ambush, move and set anther one very quickly.
Meanwhile aboard the *Juggernaut*, Captain Darius is trying to decimate the large Ashi fleet. He has found out that his weapons are amazing in both power and range. They easily outrange the Ashi battleships and have enough power to kill a ship with one shot. In fact, at the beginning he limits his shots to only ten percent power and still completely destroys the targeted ship. But, he doesn’t realize that some of this fighting is only a ploy for something else the Ashi have going. Two hundred Ashi warriors throw themselves into space with minimal spacesuit air as they soar toward the *Juggernaut*. They have no means of re-directing their launch so a large number of them completely miss even this huge ship. They are lost forever to deep space or will eventually fall to the planet. Yet, five of the Ashi warriors arrive at the ship and land with a powerful magnet. That keeps them on the hull until they can make their way to an open hanger deck.
Here’s where Captain Darius has realized that he has made a grave tactical mistake. He didn’t consider the Ashi bold enough to actually try and board his ship. He has no Marines aboard that would normally be available to conduct anti-boarding operations, so he has to rely on his existing crew. That job will fall into the hands of his XO, Commander Lee. She has very few crewmen and most haven’t fired any kind of weapon since basic training. Additionally, the *Juggernaut* is so huge, the alien boarder could be any where. How can she possibly find them and how are they supposed to defeat huge warrior aliens that are used to killing others? Some days you just don’t get paid enough!
So, this story tells about the fighting of the ship and within the ship as well as covering actions on the ground. Most of the action is pretty intense, but the Ashi don’t seem to know much about tactics and their Emperor is even less capable at fighting than you would have figured. Because of their size, they seemed to believe that running toward an enemy, firing their laser rifles and then physically beating their enemy down was the only way to win a battle. They are going to be learning some hard lessons from the Marines.
Book 4, “Retribution”, is now available on Amazon. I’m adding it to my reading list.
Emperor Vang has longed for battle to prove his skills as a warrior. He has fought or at least directed some minor uprisings within the Imperium, but nothing that has really challenged him physically. Now he believes he has the opportunity to face an enemy and personally destroy him. He doesn’t know exactly who this new enemy is, but he thinks it might be the powerful Arodoni, but they haven’t been seen in thousands of years. He knows the *Juggernaut* is an Arodoni starship so he’s just assumed that they are manning the ship after all these years. Right now he believes he has them cornered above the planet Casasil. This is an Imperium planet that was conquered a long time ago because the inhabitants don’t know how to fight. They can’t even protect themselves, but now they have allowed some invaders to occupy their planet so they must pay the price. Emperor Vang, himself, is going to the planet to destroy the invaders and teach the Casians a lesson.
Captain Darius has sent the Marine contingent down to the planet to help the indigenous population to start preparing their defenses. Again, they are not fighters and can’t even physically hold weapons. Still, they do have a sophisticated technology level and they can be taught other things. But right now, Master Sergeant Remmy Steel is leading a small contingent of Marines and they observe the landing of several Ashi landers, one of which appears to have the Emperor debarking and preparing to join the fight. MSgt Steel doesn’t really care who he is as long as he and his fellow Marines kill them all!
The Ashi are huge aliens when compared to humans. The Ashi warrior stands at least thirteen feet tall and probably weights almost five hundred pounds. They wore very little armor, but they carried huge laser rifles. Remmy felt that their laser rifles would do little to these giant ogres but they could probably hurt them with one or two shots from their projectile weapons. So, the Ashi warriors started towards the capital city of Casasil and MSgt Steel had placed his platoon directly in their path, except he was going to place tactically sound ambush sites and see what happens.
Turns out, the Marines can bring down the Ashi, but they have found out their weak point is in the mid-section. It seems as though the Ashi warrior is mostly muscle with very few pain receptors in their body. They can take a lot of damage and keep fighting. If you hit them in the mid-section, that’s when they begin losing their insides and become combat effective. Steel also knows they cannot move that much weight very quickly. A normal human can easily out run an Ashi, but he’s guys and gals aren’t normal. They are in excellent physical shape so outrunning the Ashi warriors following them isn’t a problem. That can get them a chance to set an ambush, move and set anther one very quickly.
Meanwhile aboard the *Juggernaut*, Captain Darius is trying to decimate the large Ashi fleet. He has found out that his weapons are amazing in both power and range. They easily outrange the Ashi battleships and have enough power to kill a ship with one shot. In fact, at the beginning he limits his shots to only ten percent power and still completely destroys the targeted ship. But, he doesn’t realize that some of this fighting is only a ploy for something else the Ashi have going. Two hundred Ashi warriors throw themselves into space with minimal spacesuit air as they soar toward the *Juggernaut*. They have no means of re-directing their launch so a large number of them completely miss even this huge ship. They are lost forever to deep space or will eventually fall to the planet. Yet, five of the Ashi warriors arrive at the ship and land with a powerful magnet. That keeps them on the hull until they can make their way to an open hanger deck.
Here’s where Captain Darius has realized that he has made a grave tactical mistake. He didn’t consider the Ashi bold enough to actually try and board his ship. He has no Marines aboard that would normally be available to conduct anti-boarding operations, so he has to rely on his existing crew. That job will fall into the hands of his XO, Commander Lee. She has very few crewmen and most haven’t fired any kind of weapon since basic training. Additionally, the *Juggernaut* is so huge, the alien boarder could be any where. How can she possibly find them and how are they supposed to defeat huge warrior aliens that are used to killing others? Some days you just don’t get paid enough!
So, this story tells about the fighting of the ship and within the ship as well as covering actions on the ground. Most of the action is pretty intense, but the Ashi don’t seem to know much about tactics and their Emperor is even less capable at fighting than you would have figured. Because of their size, they seemed to believe that running toward an enemy, firing their laser rifles and then physically beating their enemy down was the only way to win a battle. They are going to be learning some hard lessons from the Marines.
Book 4, “Retribution”, is now available on Amazon. I’m adding it to my reading list.
January 20, 2025
Master Sergeant Remmy Steel had access to GIGI, or the Galactic Information and Guidance Instrument
The device known as GIGI guided the human marines to a dark matter powered 'battery' that powered the huge starship named Renegade, also lead to by GIGI. Fighting against the huge 13 foot tall aliens was made simpler with the guidance of GIGI to destroy the enemy. Remmy was linked mentally to the AI helping their defense of the non-combative residents of the planet where the attack was centered. Of course the Marines would fight to save the 6 legged ruminants! That's just what they do!
Amazing characters, both human and alien, on board the greatest Starship ever seen by the human fighters and commanders. The storyline is mostly preparing to fight, winning the day, capturing the Emperor of the aliens, protecting the innocent inhabitants at the center of the battle-torn planet and bringing life and hope to the natives. Skirmishes and battles raged through the story, forcing my attention regardless of lack of sleep as I couldn't find a quiet place to rest and recover. This is a great read!
The device known as GIGI guided the human marines to a dark matter powered 'battery' that powered the huge starship named Renegade, also lead to by GIGI. Fighting against the huge 13 foot tall aliens was made simpler with the guidance of GIGI to destroy the enemy. Remmy was linked mentally to the AI helping their defense of the non-combative residents of the planet where the attack was centered. Of course the Marines would fight to save the 6 legged ruminants! That's just what they do!
Amazing characters, both human and alien, on board the greatest Starship ever seen by the human fighters and commanders. The storyline is mostly preparing to fight, winning the day, capturing the Emperor of the aliens, protecting the innocent inhabitants at the center of the battle-torn planet and bringing life and hope to the natives. Skirmishes and battles raged through the story, forcing my attention regardless of lack of sleep as I couldn't find a quiet place to rest and recover. This is a great read!
January 12, 2025
not as cohesive as the previous books
Hubris and belief that you can handle it all the extent to which everyone would have been exhausted and the fights that they had to work with were overly unrealistic. You have drones to defend a planet and equipment to make them yet none to defend inside the ship. Plus the maintenance robots would have seen a defect in the attachment point of the tracker and removed it and recycled the material in the factory. All loose ends to make a story. Unthinkable bad situations.
Hubris and belief that you can handle it all the extent to which everyone would have been exhausted and the fights that they had to work with were overly unrealistic. You have drones to defend a planet and equipment to make them yet none to defend inside the ship. Plus the maintenance robots would have seen a defect in the attachment point of the tracker and removed it and recycled the material in the factory. All loose ends to make a story. Unthinkable bad situations.
March 26, 2025
Another very good read!
It's hard when you really like a series to put the books down and take patience between readings. That's the best way to really appreciate good books. I guess you could compare it to eating steak every night at some point you would just get tired no matter how well prepared. I recommend the reading of the book and learning what happens to the Kang and and the rest of the empire.
It's hard when you really like a series to put the books down and take patience between readings. That's the best way to really appreciate good books. I guess you could compare it to eating steak every night at some point you would just get tired no matter how well prepared. I recommend the reading of the book and learning what happens to the Kang and and the rest of the empire.
January 13, 2025
Disappointed with this
I think it's just a good story but the Author was not really working at it. Some serious issues with editing and lackadaisical work. Just kinda slapped the book out and I am not seeing the Author here. Hopefully the book is an aberration and the next installment will be fine. Hopefully.
I think it's just a good story but the Author was not really working at it. Some serious issues with editing and lackadaisical work. Just kinda slapped the book out and I am not seeing the Author here. Hopefully the book is an aberration and the next installment will be fine. Hopefully.
January 8, 2025
Excellent Reading
The saga continues. The story moves along at a good pace, with plenty of action. The writer has added a few twists that will undoubtedly play out in the next edition, adding suspense. Excellent read.
The saga continues. The story moves along at a good pace, with plenty of action. The writer has added a few twists that will undoubtedly play out in the next edition, adding suspense. Excellent read.
January 13, 2025
Fast paced and action packed from start to finish. Eagerly anticipating the next book in this series. Can't wait to see where the Renegade goes next, what's going to happen to the crew and who's going to be joining them on their next adventure.
June 12, 2025
Perfectly constructed story. Non-stop action !
The first book in this series did its job as a "hook" to garner interest in reading the series. But unlike most series, the following books are dynamite ! This story just gets better and better. I AM HOOKED TOBY !
The first book in this series did its job as a "hook" to garner interest in reading the series. But unlike most series, the following books are dynamite ! This story just gets better and better. I AM HOOKED TOBY !
January 18, 2025
great read
Look forward to the next book
Can’t wait to see how the various worlds
Come Together. This could be quite a series.
Look forward to the next book
Can’t wait to see how the various worlds
Come Together. This could be quite a series.
January 22, 2025
Good book
This was a great follow-up. I enjoyed reading this installment. It was well written, and the plot was well developed. I look forward to reading the next book.
This was a great follow-up. I enjoyed reading this installment. It was well written, and the plot was well developed. I look forward to reading the next book.
January 31, 2025
Great
A great military story, strong but very human characters . Looks to be a long and complex story that I look forward to.
A great military story, strong but very human characters . Looks to be a long and complex story that I look forward to.
February 18, 2025
good series.
But how does an Idaho guy not know a magazine and a clip are totally different things?? At least he only interchanges them a few times
But how does an Idaho guy not know a magazine and a clip are totally different things?? At least he only interchanges them a few times
February 19, 2025
exciting
Lots of tactical decisions, battles, travel,romance. This series has it all. I would highly recommend it if you like lots of excitement
Lots of tactical decisions, battles, travel,romance. This series has it all. I would highly recommend it if you like lots of excitement
December 5, 2025
Great book. I'm on the last book now and still can't wait to see what happens next. What a page-turner!!1
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