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Cercians #5
Worlds A Plenty
Success breeds success, or so Admiral Tracy Jackson recalled the Earthers saying. His fleet took control of two Elite worlds, Da-fer and Jot-ma, the first of ten Elite worlds. However, Admiral Jackson recognized that his thought about success was merely a saying, and they weren’t always true.
Volunteers from other races descended on the Elite worlds by the hundreds of thousands. Many were drawn to help the hamlet subs by the conclave’s generosity. They left difficult home world circumstances to earn conclave credits with personal services provided free.
The flow of volunteers was courtesy of Admiral Mila Pappas and the Storyteller’s team, especially that of the defenders. Their tasks weren’t easy. The mercenary races with their deadly fleets created dangerous encounters.
The home worlds of the mercenary races depended on the bounty that their military forces provided the citizens. When Admiral Pappas and the first wave ended those supply lines, the home worlds were put in great jeopardy.
As for the other denizen in this area of space, the Messinants, the protectors vigilantly seek them out. The passage to find the Messinants is deliberately obtuse. The paranoid race fears one of their genetic uplifts will come for them.
Unfortunately, as brilliant engineers and scientists as the Messinants are, they failed to take into account the possibility of SADEs. Miranda, Z, and their companions are relentless in pursuit of the Messinant leaders and their home worlds.
Volunteers from other races descended on the Elite worlds by the hundreds of thousands. Many were drawn to help the hamlet subs by the conclave’s generosity. They left difficult home world circumstances to earn conclave credits with personal services provided free.
The flow of volunteers was courtesy of Admiral Mila Pappas and the Storyteller’s team, especially that of the defenders. Their tasks weren’t easy. The mercenary races with their deadly fleets created dangerous encounters.
The home worlds of the mercenary races depended on the bounty that their military forces provided the citizens. When Admiral Pappas and the first wave ended those supply lines, the home worlds were put in great jeopardy.
As for the other denizen in this area of space, the Messinants, the protectors vigilantly seek them out. The passage to find the Messinants is deliberately obtuse. The paranoid race fears one of their genetic uplifts will come for them.
Unfortunately, as brilliant engineers and scientists as the Messinants are, they failed to take into account the possibility of SADEs. Miranda, Z, and their companions are relentless in pursuit of the Messinant leaders and their home worlds.
- GenresScience Fiction
453 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 10, 2026
About the author
S.H. Jucha
49 books478 followersFrom my early years to the present, books have been a refuge. They’ve fueled my imagination. I’ve traveled to faraway places and met aliens with Asimov, Heinlein, Clarke, Herbert, and Le Guin. I’ve explored historical events with Michener and Clavell, and I played spy with Ludlum and Fleming.
There’s no doubt that the early sci-fi masters influenced the writing of my first two series, The Silver Ships and Pyreans. I crafted my stories to give readers intimate views of my characters, who wrestle with the challenges of living in space and inhabiting alien worlds.
Life is rarely easy for these characters, who encounter aliens and calamities, but they persist and flourish. I revel in examining humankind’s will to survive. Not everyone plays fair or exhibits concern for other beings, but that’s another aspect of humans and aliens that I investigate.
My stories offer hope for humans today about what they might accomplish tomorrow far from our home world. Throughout my books, humans exhibit a will to persevere, without detriment to the vast majority of others.
Readers have been generous with their comments, which they’ve left on Amazon and Goodreads for others to review. I truly enjoy what I do, and I’m pleased to read how my stories have positively affected many readers’ lives.
If you’ve read my books, please consider posting a review on Amazon and Goodreads for every book, even a short one. Reviews attract other readers and are a great help to indie authors, such as me.
The Silver Ships novels have reached Amazon’s coveted #1 and #2 Best-Selling Sci-Fi book, multiple times, in the science fiction categories of first contact, space opera, and alien invasion.
There’s no doubt that the early sci-fi masters influenced the writing of my first two series, The Silver Ships and Pyreans. I crafted my stories to give readers intimate views of my characters, who wrestle with the challenges of living in space and inhabiting alien worlds.
Life is rarely easy for these characters, who encounter aliens and calamities, but they persist and flourish. I revel in examining humankind’s will to survive. Not everyone plays fair or exhibits concern for other beings, but that’s another aspect of humans and aliens that I investigate.
My stories offer hope for humans today about what they might accomplish tomorrow far from our home world. Throughout my books, humans exhibit a will to persevere, without detriment to the vast majority of others.
Readers have been generous with their comments, which they’ve left on Amazon and Goodreads for others to review. I truly enjoy what I do, and I’m pleased to read how my stories have positively affected many readers’ lives.
If you’ve read my books, please consider posting a review on Amazon and Goodreads for every book, even a short one. Reviews attract other readers and are a great help to indie authors, such as me.
The Silver Ships novels have reached Amazon’s coveted #1 and #2 Best-Selling Sci-Fi book, multiple times, in the science fiction categories of first contact, space opera, and alien invasion.
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April 13, 2026
Brilliant !
As always,
Author; Scott Jucha delivers!
If you have not read the entire Silver Ships series..
No worries...
(Every book is a great read!)
However,
You will miss out on the beginning of one of the best Science Fiction adventure series in recent memory.. As well as; some of the most memorable characters that populated the universe that the author introduced.. In the original Silver Ships series!
Peter Anthony Roland
Miami Beach Florida
As always,
Author; Scott Jucha delivers!
If you have not read the entire Silver Ships series..
No worries...
(Every book is a great read!)
However,
You will miss out on the beginning of one of the best Science Fiction adventure series in recent memory.. As well as; some of the most memorable characters that populated the universe that the author introduced.. In the original Silver Ships series!
Peter Anthony Roland
Miami Beach Florida
March 13, 2026
Disappointing
Up until now I have enjoyed the conclave universe, this book.though and the last seem like filler at best. This should of briefly wrapped up the conquest of the races in the last 3 books and moved onto the messinants yet it barely mentions them and moved backwards. Hopefully the next book will get back to the excitement and pace of the silver ship series.
Up until now I have enjoyed the conclave universe, this book.though and the last seem like filler at best. This should of briefly wrapped up the conquest of the races in the last 3 books and moved onto the messinants yet it barely mentions them and moved backwards. Hopefully the next book will get back to the excitement and pace of the silver ship series.
June 2, 2026
The heroes keep finding ways to impress
I love each of the sub-plots. The defenders and Sadie star in a lot of the battles but there is room for plenty more heroes like Mila Papas and the crew of the second of Z and Maranda’s new ships. Plus new and dangerous worlds. Can’t wait for the next book!
I love each of the sub-plots. The defenders and Sadie star in a lot of the battles but there is room for plenty more heroes like Mila Papas and the crew of the second of Z and Maranda’s new ships. Plus new and dangerous worlds. Can’t wait for the next book!
March 19, 2026
5🌟
As always a fantastic journey. I just wish I could get my head around all the moving parts a little quicker. Things are really getting going in the search and the conclave is poised to make this area of space civilized.
As Tony Romo likes to say "this is graduate level."
As always a fantastic journey. I just wish I could get my head around all the moving parts a little quicker. Things are really getting going in the search and the conclave is poised to make this area of space civilized.
As Tony Romo likes to say "this is graduate level."
March 26, 2026
It's coming together
Many lines of stories, many familiar- and new - characters and the hunt for the Messinants is seemingly nearing a conclusion. Looking forward to the next book already...and the one after thst and so on and so forth.
Many lines of stories, many familiar- and new - characters and the hunt for the Messinants is seemingly nearing a conclusion. Looking forward to the next book already...and the one after thst and so on and so forth.
April 1, 2026
Elites only care about themselves. Conclave saves the rest.
Freedom is the strongest motivator for any race to fight back against all odds. With our heroes help, the subs have a new future. The Protectors apply pressure to locate their final prey.
Freedom is the strongest motivator for any race to fight back against all odds. With our heroes help, the subs have a new future. The Protectors apply pressure to locate their final prey.
April 6, 2026
great from beginning to end
Great read as is all of his other books . One of the great sci-fi series novels. Hopefully one day they’ll start to make movies out of all these series .
Great read as is all of his other books . One of the great sci-fi series novels. Hopefully one day they’ll start to make movies out of all these series .
June 29, 2026
getting close
The search for the messiants continues. With a good bit of background the story moves through the former mercenary races as the conclave seeks to secure peace in this area of space. With creative battles they free more subs in their quest.
The search for the messiants continues. With a good bit of background the story moves through the former mercenary races as the conclave seeks to secure peace in this area of space. With creative battles they free more subs in their quest.
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