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Tales of the Terran Republic
Mission Critical
SOLDIERS LOST IN TIME, 152 LIGHT-YEARS FROM HOME, WITH A DAUNTING TASK FOR SURVIVAL
NEW NOVEL SET IN THE AWARD-WINNING TERRAN REPUBLIC SERIES
Taken from their planet and their century, they are not just the Lost they are Murphy’s Lawless.
Major Rodger Y. Murphy should have died when his helicopter crashed off the coast of Mogadishu in 1993. Instead, he woke up in 2125, 152 light-years from home. Murphy and a hundred other “Lost Soldiers” have been retrieved and awakened by two officers of the Consolidated Terran Trevor Corcoran and Richard Downing.
Promising to return, Corcoran and Downing leave the twentieth-century castaways with a daunting establish a base of operations on the main world of R’Bak using local allies they have yet to recruit and enemy equipment they have yet to seize.
They haven’t been back yet.
But the company of misfits and ne’er-do-wells who’ve taken the nickname Murphy’s Lawless rises to the challenge!
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About Raising
“This is science-fiction adventure on a grand scale.” —Kirkus
“Gannon’s harrowing . . . military space opera (following Trial by Fire)builds well on his established setting . . . ” —Publishers Weekly
Charles E. Gannon is the author of the Compton Crook Award-winning, Nebula-nominated Caine Riordan series, as well as two novels in John Ringo’s Black Tide Rising series.
Griffin Barber is the coauthor of 1636: Mission to the Mughals and 1637: The Peacock Throne.
A Webster Award winner and three-time Dragon Award finalist, Chris Kennedy is a military veteran, author, speaker, and small-press publisher who has written more than thirty books.
Mike Massa has lived an adventurous life, including stints as a university researcher, a tech entrepreneur, an investment banker and has served in the U.S. Navy.
NEW NOVEL SET IN THE AWARD-WINNING TERRAN REPUBLIC SERIES
Taken from their planet and their century, they are not just the Lost they are Murphy’s Lawless.
Major Rodger Y. Murphy should have died when his helicopter crashed off the coast of Mogadishu in 1993. Instead, he woke up in 2125, 152 light-years from home. Murphy and a hundred other “Lost Soldiers” have been retrieved and awakened by two officers of the Consolidated Terran Trevor Corcoran and Richard Downing.
Promising to return, Corcoran and Downing leave the twentieth-century castaways with a daunting establish a base of operations on the main world of R’Bak using local allies they have yet to recruit and enemy equipment they have yet to seize.
They haven’t been back yet.
But the company of misfits and ne’er-do-wells who’ve taken the nickname Murphy’s Lawless rises to the challenge!
At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
About Raising
“This is science-fiction adventure on a grand scale.” —Kirkus
“Gannon’s harrowing . . . military space opera (following Trial by Fire)builds well on his established setting . . . ” —Publishers Weekly
Charles E. Gannon is the author of the Compton Crook Award-winning, Nebula-nominated Caine Riordan series, as well as two novels in John Ringo’s Black Tide Rising series.
Griffin Barber is the coauthor of 1636: Mission to the Mughals and 1637: The Peacock Throne.
A Webster Award winner and three-time Dragon Award finalist, Chris Kennedy is a military veteran, author, speaker, and small-press publisher who has written more than thirty books.
Mike Massa has lived an adventurous life, including stints as a university researcher, a tech entrepreneur, an investment banker and has served in the U.S. Navy.
- GenresScience Fiction
463 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 3, 2023
About the author
Charles E. Gannon
83 books213 followersDr. Charles E. Gannon is a Distinguished Professor of English (St. Bonaventure U.) & Fulbright Senior Specialist (American Lit & Culture). He has had novellas in Analog and the War World series. His nonfiction book "Rumors of War and Infernal Machines" won the 2006 ALA Outstanding Text Award. He also worked as author and editor for GDW, and was a routine contributor to both the scientific/technical content and story-line in the award-winning games "Traveller," and "2300 AD." He has been awarded Fulbrights to England, Scotland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Netherlands, and worked 8 years as scriptwriter/producer in NYC.
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September 22, 2023
Push has come to shove for Murphy's Lawless. These are the Lost Soldiers (that is, Terran soldiers retrieved from several different war zones on Earth right before they were killed AND from several different times - some are World War II era, some are Vietnam veterans, some were retrieved from Mogadishu [remember Black Hawk Down?], etc.).
Anyway, the Kulsians have returned to raid the planet R'Bak of its rich resources just before R'Bak makes its extremely close pass by its sun. This is the Sear and the planet literally boils (the indigenous people hide underground during this period).
The Lost Soldiers have to capture Kulsian ships to make their escape off the planet just ahead of the Sear. Fortunately allies of the Lost Soldiers have been living in asteroids hollowed out to make habitats and two of these people teach the Terran Vietnam-era former U.S. Navy Hornet pilot how to fly in space.
This is exciting military science fiction that is connected to Caine Riordan's Terran Republic. This is also a shared world series. Mission Critical was originally published as three separate novellas:
Infiltration (Murphy's Lawless: Mission Critical Book 1) by Griffin Barber and Charles E. Gannon
Insertion (Murphy's Lawless: Mission Critical Book 2) by Chris Kennedy and Charles E. Gannon
Assault (Murphy's Lawless: Mission Critical Book 3) by Mike Massa and Charles E. Gannon
Charles E. Gannon is the established author here. In contrast, Griffin Barber (who has also written in the 1632 alternate history series), Chris Kennedy, and Mike Massa are newer authors.
People in this Murphy's Lawless series show up in the next Caine Riordan book Endangered Species (Book 6). So you definitely need to read the Murphy's Lawless books before you read the next Caine Riordan book.
Highly recommended for all who enjoy military science fiction, series books, and especially Caine Riordan's Terran Republic series!
Anyway, the Kulsians have returned to raid the planet R'Bak of its rich resources just before R'Bak makes its extremely close pass by its sun. This is the Sear and the planet literally boils (the indigenous people hide underground during this period).
The Lost Soldiers have to capture Kulsian ships to make their escape off the planet just ahead of the Sear. Fortunately allies of the Lost Soldiers have been living in asteroids hollowed out to make habitats and two of these people teach the Terran Vietnam-era former U.S. Navy Hornet pilot how to fly in space.
This is exciting military science fiction that is connected to Caine Riordan's Terran Republic. This is also a shared world series. Mission Critical was originally published as three separate novellas:
Infiltration (Murphy's Lawless: Mission Critical Book 1) by Griffin Barber and Charles E. Gannon
Insertion (Murphy's Lawless: Mission Critical Book 2) by Chris Kennedy and Charles E. Gannon
Assault (Murphy's Lawless: Mission Critical Book 3) by Mike Massa and Charles E. Gannon
Charles E. Gannon is the established author here. In contrast, Griffin Barber (who has also written in the 1632 alternate history series), Chris Kennedy, and Mike Massa are newer authors.
People in this Murphy's Lawless series show up in the next Caine Riordan book Endangered Species (Book 6). So you definitely need to read the Murphy's Lawless books before you read the next Caine Riordan book.
Highly recommended for all who enjoy military science fiction, series books, and especially Caine Riordan's Terran Republic series!
November 18, 2023
Good military sf. It would have probably been better if if mean the ordering book
January 9, 2024
this universe kicks it into high gear
Great to follow rut lost soldiers and see what they can make of their world !!! Or is it worlds
Till the next book well … I can’t wait
Great to follow rut lost soldiers and see what they can make of their world !!! Or is it worlds
Till the next book well … I can’t wait
April 18, 2024
The Lost Soldiers/Murphy's Lawless stories have been a great collaboration among eight authors with Gannon managing/directing this branch of the Terran Republic universe. Good work.
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