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Loading... Manxome Foe (edition 2009)by Travis S. Taylor, John RingoA leading voice in military SF, best-selling author John Ringo teams with real-life rocket scientist Travis S. Taylor for an explosive entry from their Looking Glass series. Recovering from their first mission, the crew of the Vorpal Blade-humankind's first interstellar craft-is called into emergency action when an alliance gate colony is attacked. Who was the lethal alien enemy? What exactly happened at the colony? And dare the Vorpal Blade's battle-weary misfits engage a potentially superior force? 1 alternate | English | Primary description for language | score: 34 The crew of the Alliance space ship Vorpal Blade goes back into action when news arrives that a gate colony has fallen to an unidentified alien invasion, heading out to find out what happened to the colony, rescue survivors, and uncover the attackers' identity. English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 11 1. John Ringo has over two and a half million books in print. 2. He has written six New York Times best sellers. 3. A veteran of the 82nd Airborne, Ringo brings military characters and their explosive battles to vivid, three-dimensional life. 4. Travis S. Taylor's science background complements Ringo's military realism with scientific realism, praised by Publishers Weekly as "dazzling . . . cutting-edge scientific possibilities . . .stimulating and satisfying. . . ." 5. Full color brochure for the series. 6. Special kit mailing of brochure and the hardcover edition. . 7. Trade advertising. 8. Advertising in Locus, Kliatt, more. 9. Teaser chapters for Claws That Catch by Ringo and Taylor, and Storm from the Shadows by David Weber. 10. Special backlist discounts for Ringo. In the midst of recovering from their successful if casualty prone first mission, the crew of the Alliance Space Ship Vorpal Blade are suddenly scrambled back into action. All other priorities take second place as word arrives on earth of a gate colony which has fallen to an unidentified alien assault. As the only space ship currently available to the Human-Adar Alliance, the Vorpal Blade is dispatched to find out what happened to the colony, rescue any survivors and learn the identity of the attackers. With new complexities added to the universe started in the novel Into the Looking Glass and continued in Vorpal Blade, Manxome Foe continues the tradition of non-stop action, valorous if quirky characters and rigorous science drawn from the frontiers of current theory. The odd-ball crew of the Vorpal Blade is an unlikely savior of earth, but none dare say they quail at engaging the Manxome Foe. English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 3 In the midst of recovering from their successful if casualty prone first mission, the crew of the Alliance Space Ship Vorpal Blade are suddenly scrambled back into action. All other priorities take second place as word arrives on Earth of a gate colony which has fallen to an unidentified alien assault. English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 3 Barely recovered from their bloody if successful first mission, the crew of the Alliance Space Ship Vorpal Blade must scramble back into action when word reaches Earth that a gate colony has been destroyed by an unknown foe. English | Description provided by Bowker | score: 2 In the midst of recovering from their successful if casualty prone first mission, the crew of the Alliance Space Ship Vorpal Blade are suddenly scrambled back into action. All other priorities take second place as word arrives on earth of a gate colony which has fallen to an unidentified alien assault. As the only space ship currently available to the Human-Adar Alliance, the Vorpal Blade is dispatched to find out what happened to the colony, rescue any survivors and learn the identity of the attackers. With new complexities added to the universe started in the novel Into the Looking Glass and continued in Vorpal Blade, Manxome Foe continues the tradition of non-stop action, valorous if quirky characters and rigorous science drawn from the frontiers of current theory. The odd-ball crew of the Vorpal Blade is an unlikely savior of earth, but none dare say they quail at engaging the Manxome Foe. English | score: 2 Recovering from their first mission, the crew of the Vorpal Blade--humankind's first interstellar craft--is called into emergency action when an alliance gate colony is attacked. Who was the lethal alien enemy? What exactly happened at the colony? And dare the Vorpal Blade's battle-weary misfits engage a potentially superior force? English | score: 2 "Barely recovered from their bloody if successful first mission, the crew of the Alliance Space Ship Vorpal Blade must scramble back into action when word reaches Earth that a gate colony has been destroyed by an unknown foe. For Bravo Company, First Force Reconnaissance Battalion, (Space Marines) USMC, the first question is obvious." "Yet from the moment of their arrival it becomes obvious the threat is more than one creature. The implacable Dreen, the enemy that nearly conquered Earth through the Looking Glasses, has returned. This time in much less stoppable space ships." "It falls to the Marines and sailors of the Vorpal Blade, with help from new allies to do just that: Stop a Dreen task-force butt-cold. It's a tough job but the motto of the Blade covers the mission: We Don't Go Home Til We're Out of Food or Marines."--BOOK JACKET. 1 alternate | English | score: 2 The oddball crew of the "Vorpal Blade" is back. With new complexities added to the universe introduced in "Into the Looking Glass, Manxome Foe" continues the tradition of nonstop action, valorous if quirky characters, and rigorous science drawn from the frontiers of current theory. English | score: 1 The crew of the Human-Adar Alliance space ship "Vorpal Blade" embark on a mission to save a gate colony from an alien assault. English | score: 1
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