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In this thrilling geopolitical adventure from New York Times bestselling legend Dale Brown, Brad McLanahan and the Space Force must fight to preserve America's freedom when ruthless enemies forge an unlikely alliance to control not only the earth, but the moon and beyond.Because its enemies never stop trying to undermine the United States' security, the men and women who serve to protect America must always be vigilant. Few know this better than warriors Brad McLanahan and Nadia Rozek. Newly married, the two are just beginning to settle into their new life together when they are called back into action.Though the Russians were badly defeated by Brad and the Iron Wolf Squadron in their previous bid for world dominance, they are back and doubling down on their quest for control of outer space. In addition to their cutting-edge weaponry, they have a formidable new ally: China's energetic and ruthless leader, President Li Jun.To protect America and the rest of the free world from the Russians and the Chinese, the Americans plan to mine the moon's helium-3 resources, which will allow them to fully exploit the revolutionary fusion power technology Brad and his team captured from the Russians aboard the Mars One weapons platform.But Leonov and Li have devised a daring plan of their own. They are building a joint secret base on the moon's far side fortified with a powerful Russian plasma rail gun that can destroy any spacecraft entering lunar orbit. If the heavily armed base becomes operational, it will give America's enemies control over the world's economic and military future.As this latest skirmish in the war for space accelerates, Brad, Nadia, and their compatriots in the Space Force must use their cunning and skill — and America's own high-tech weaponry — to derail the Sino-Russian alliance and destroy their lunar site before it's too late for the U.S.… and the entire world.

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<p>Dale Brown</p><p>Eagle Station</p><p>Epigraph</p>

“Beautiful, beautiful. Magnificent desolation.”

— Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11 astronaut, stepping onto the moon

“…for countries that can never win a war with the United States by using the method of tanks and planes, attacking the U.S. space system may be an irresistible and most tempting choice.”

— Wang Hucheng, Chinese military analyst (quoted in CSIS Space Threat 2018: China Assessment)<p>Cast of Characters</p>Americans

JOHN DALTON FARRELL, president of the United States of America

ANDREW TALIAFERRO, secretary of state

DR. LAWRENCE DAWSON, Ph.D., White House science adviser

ELIZABETH HILDEBRAND, CIA director

SCOTT FIRESTONE, admiral, U.S. Navy, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

COMMANDER AMANDA DVORSKY, U.S. Navy, captain of USS McCampbell (DDG-85)

U.S. Space Force

COLONEL KEITH “MAL” REYNOLDS, commander, Eagle Orbital Station

CAPTAIN ALLISON STEWART, sensor officer, Eagle Orbital Station

MAJOR IKE OZAWA, Thunderbolt plasma rail gun officer, Eagle Orbital Station

CAPTAIN WILLIAM CARRANZA, laser weapons officer, Eagle Orbital Station

COLONEL SCOTT “DUSTY” MILLER, S-29B Shadow armed spaceplane pilot

MAJOR HANNAH “ROCKY” CRAIG, S-29B Shadow armed spaceplane copilot

LIEUTENANT GENERAL DANIEL MULVANEY, commander, U.S. Space Force Missile and Space Launch Warning Center

MAJOR GENERAL PETE HERNANDEZ, U.S. Space Force Missile and Space Launch Warning Center

COLONEL KATHLEEN LOCKE, director, Morrell Operations Center, Space Launch Complex 37B, Cape Canaveral Space Force Station

GENERAL RICHARD KELLEHER, chief of staff, U.S. Space Force

BRIGADIER GENERAL JILL ROSENTHAL, senior watch officer, U.S. Space Force Operations Center, Peterson Air Force Base

Joint Sky Masters Aerospace Inc. — Scion Spaceplane Program

HUNTER “BOOMER” NOBLE, Ph.D., chief of aerospace engineering, Sky Masters Aerospace, Inc., lead trainer for U.S. Space Force spaceplane pilots

BRAD MCLANAHAN, spaceplane pilot trainer and Cybernetic Lunar Activity Device (CLAD) pilot

MAJOR NADIA ROZEK, spaceplane pilot trainer and CLAD pilot

PETER CHARLES “CONSTABLE” VASEY, former pilot in the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm, spaceplane pilot

JASON RICHTER, colonel, U.S. Army (ret.), Ph.D., chief executive officer of Sky Masters Aerospace, creator of the Cybernetic Lunar Activity Device

Scion

KEVIN MARTINDALE, president of Scion, former president of the United States of America

PATRICK MCLANAHAN, technology and intelligence expert, former lieutenant general, U.S. Air Force (ret.)

IAN SCHOFIELD, Scion deep-penetration expert, former captain in Canada’s Special Operations Regiment

SAMANTHA KERR, operative, Scion Intelligence

MARCUS CARTWRIGHT, operative, Scion Intelligence

DAVID JONES, operative, Scion Intelligence

ZACH ORLOV, computer operations specialist, Scion Intelligence

LIZ GALLAGHER, lieutenant colonel, U.S. Air Force (ret.), copilot, S-29B Shadow spaceplane

PAUL JACOBS, defensive systems officer, S-29B Shadow spaceplane

Russians

MARSHAL MIKHAIL IVANOVICH LEONOV, minister of defense, and de facto ruler of the Russian Federation

VIKTOR KAZYANOV, minister of state security

DARIA TITENEVA, foreign minister

MAJOR GENERAL ARKADY KOSHKIN, chief of the Federal Security Service’s Q Directorate

COLONEL GENERAL SEMYON TIKHOMIROV, commander of the Aerospace Forces

MAJOR STEPAN GRIGORYEV, MiG-31 pilot

CAPTAIN ALEXEY BALANDIN, MiG-31 weapons system officer

CAPTAIN OLEG PANOV, Mi-8MTV-5 helicopter pilot

MAJOR YURI DRACHEV, Ka-52 Alligator gunship pilot

LIEUTENANT GENERAL NIKOLAI VARSHAVSKY, commander, Central Military District

COLONEL KIRILL LAVRENTYEV, Space Forces cosmonaut, co-commander, Korolev Base

CAPTAIN DIMITRY YANIN, Space Forces cosmonaut, Korolev Base weapons officer

MAJOR GENERAL OLEG PANARIN, senior staff officer for Marshal Leonov

MAJOR ANDREI BEZRUKOV, Space Forces cosmonaut, Korolev Base, expert KLVM pilot

Chinese

LI JUN, president of the People’s Republic of China

GENERAL CHEN HAIFENG, commander of the Strategic Support Force

ADMIRAL CAO, commander, People’s Liberation Army Navy

LIEUTENANT GENERAL TAO SHIDID, commander, People’s Liberation Army Rocket Force

CAPTAIN YANG ZHI, People’s Liberation Army Navy, commander, Yŏngxīng Dăo island garrison

PENG XIA, foreign minister

COLONEL TIAN FAN, military taikonaut, co-commander, Korolev Base

MAJOR LIU ZHEN, military taikonaut, senior sensor officer, Korolev Base

CAPTAIN SHAN JINAI, military taikonaut, junior watch officer, Korolev Base

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