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Para Bellum
Si vis pacem, para bellum
If you want peace, you should prepare for war.
Light years away in distant space, the Aèllr rule a highly advanced and peaceful interstellar empire where violent conflict is a thing of the past.
But when an Aèllr ship crash lands on Earth, their initial encounters with humans are fraught with fear and mutual misunderstanding.
Peaceful explorers or warlike conquerors?
As humankind wonders what to make of the alien incursion, first contact sets off a chain of events that leaves both species facing an uncertain and potentially disastrous future.
If you want peace, you should prepare for war.
Light years away in distant space, the Aèllr rule a highly advanced and peaceful interstellar empire where violent conflict is a thing of the past.
But when an Aèllr ship crash lands on Earth, their initial encounters with humans are fraught with fear and mutual misunderstanding.
Peaceful explorers or warlike conquerors?
As humankind wonders what to make of the alien incursion, first contact sets off a chain of events that leaves both species facing an uncertain and potentially disastrous future.
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Published October 1, 2020
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Edmond Barrett
11 books22 followersEdmond Barrett is a native of the North-West of England and a resident of Dublin, Ireland. An amateur student of history, a fan of Terry Pratchett and low tech science fiction. He writes military science fiction and urban fantasy. Currently he is working on the final book of the Nameless War Trilogy - The Last Charge which is due for release in October 2014.
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May 17, 2023
Classic Mil Sci-Fi in Ringo/Kratman style(without Ringonian perversions), I have enjoyed Barrett´s writing since the "Nameless War" trilogy so get it, you won´t regret it.
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