New Releases by John RIngo

Of all the hosts of Eurotas the Troias were the most fell. For they were born of Winter. Between the Solar Array Pumped Laser and Troy, the two trillion ton nickel-iron battlestation created by eccentric billionaire Tyler Vernon, Earth has managed to recapture the Sol system from their Horvath conquerors and begin entering the galactic millieu. But when the Rangora Empire rapidly crushes humanity''s only ally it becomes clear the war is just beginning. At the heart of nickel iron and starlight are the people, Marines, Navy and civilians, who make Troy a living, breathing, engine of war. Survivors of apocalypse, they know the cost of failure. If this Troy falls, no one will be left to write the epic. Citadel continues the saga begun in Live Free or Die, following the paths of several characters during the first years of The Spiral Arm Wars culminating in the First Battle of E Eridani. At the publisher''s request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

Citizens is a new kind of science fiction anthology. The names appearing between its covers are not only veteran authors, among the very best in the field, they are military veterans as well. New York Times bestselling author John Ringo (a veteran of the 82nd Airborne) and Brian M. Thomsen, a Hugo finalist and one of the most respected editors in the field, have selected a treasure trove of gems written by writers who know first hand what it means to wear their country''s uniform. At the publisher''s request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

The Enemy of My Enemy . . . Of the once innumerable battle clans of the Posleen only a handful survive. And that on the sufferance of a group of despised Indowy and Himmit. Plucked from the maelstrom on Earth they are cast out into the eternal blackness of the stars with only a slighltly insane Indowy and a computer virus to guide them. What follows is a trail of tears and remembrance as the Posleen retrace the footsteps of their ancestors in a search for their homeworld. A search to determine if the Posleen posess the one thing no Human would give them credit for: A soul. Returned to their beginnings, the question remains: Is there a new path for the Tular Posleen? At the publisher''s request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

The Fight for the Galaxy is On! Earth''s Posleen invasion is contained¾at a huge cost in human blood and anguish. Now hard-nosed commander Mike O''Neal discovers that he''s saved our world only to unwittingly lead humanity into slavery. It''s another twist of the knife in the human back courtesy of those wannabe Masters of the Universe, the Darhel. But the Darhel are about to experience an even nastier revelation of their own. For there are other universes¾universes with occupants so ravenous they make the Posleen horde seem like a Boy Scout troop. Occupants with the mind-bending power to open a door between realities¾and invade a certain double-spiral galaxy like the plague! As war turns to rout and slaughter, the Darhel have no choice but to beg the one man who hates them more than anything to lead the counter-attack. General O''Neal, welcome to your destiny. The galaxy that betrayed you is now depending on you for salvation! At the publisher''s request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). At long last ¾ the latest and greatest entry in military SF master John Ringo''s ground-breaking "Posleen War" series, and a direct sequel to his New York Times best-seller Hell''s Faire. "If Tom Clancy were writing SF, it would read much like John Ringo." ¾Philadelphia Weekly Press. "[Combines] fast-moving battle scenes with vignettes of individual courage and sacrifice." ¾Library Journal on New York Times and USA Today best-seller John Ringo''s "Posleen War" saga.

The Posleen War Rages On ¾ Undercover! Clan O''Neal Battles for the Right¾And With Each Other! The Indowy "Bane Sidhe" conspiracy has grown strong, and the cunning and resourceful Darhel¾tacit rulers of the Galactic Federation¾have decided that the time has come to wipe that threat from the stars forever. What the Darhel don''t know is that humans have joined the rebellion¾led by thief and assassin extraordinaire, Cally O''Neal. Now Cally is set to destroy a web of alien deceit millennia in the making. Only one obstacle lies in her path: the renowned warrior who stood tall and saved Earth from utter destruction during its first invasion by alien hordes¾a legend who also happens to be Cally''s father! Multiple New York Times best-selling John Ringo''s "Posleen War" saga continues as beautiful assassin Cally O''Neil returns for a third appearance in a gripping interplanetary thriller co-authored by Ringo and best-selling Cally''s War collaborator, Julie Cochrane. At the publisher''s request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). "[F]ast-paced military sf peopled with three-dimensional characters and spiced with personal drama as well as tactical finesse"¾ Library Journal on John Ringo''s "Posleen War" saga. "[V]ivid, strong, and distinct."¾ Audiofile on John Ringo and Julie Cochrane''s New York Times best-selling Cally''s War.

Centurions were the guardians of Rome. At the height of the Roman Republic there were over five thousand qualified Roman Centurions in the Legions. To be a Centurion required that, in a mostly illiterate society, one be able to read and write clearly, to be able to convey and create orders, to be capable of not only performing every skill of a Roman soldier but teach every skill of a Roman soldier. Becoming a Centurion required intense physical ability, courage beyond the norm, years of sacrifice and a total devotion to the philosophy which was Rome. When Rome fell to barbarian invaders, there were less than five hundred qualified Centurions. Not because Rome had fewer people but because it had fewer willing to make the sacrifices. And the last Centurions left their shields in the heather and took a barbarian bride . . . We are . . . The Last Centurions. At the publisher''s request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

Startling Innovations. Cool Space Ships. Evil Alien Butt Blasted to Smithereens! Outpost Attack! Gateway HD 36951 lies in ruins. All survivors slaughtered. A single, truncated message sent back to Earth. Something very bad indeed is afoot, and the A.S.S. Vorpal Blade (reanuclear submarine converted to warp-drive space ship) is sent to investigate. But the ferocious, voracious enemy Dreen wait for no man (or other carbon-based lifeform), and the Blade and her crew are soon the only hope for an alien species pushed to the brink of extinction. Turn back and abandon a new ally or face a heavily-armed Dreen destroyer head on. For the Blade''s rough-and-ready crew, it''s no contest. And now, with an infusion of technical know-how from humanity''s new ally, chaos itself has become a weapon! New York Times and USA Today multiple best-seller John Ringo joins with NASA and DOD consultant Travis S. Taylor ¾ author of Warp Speed and The Quantum Connection At the publisher''s request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). "If Tom Clancy were writing SF, it would read much like John Ringo." ¾Philadelphia Weekly Press on New York Times multiple best-seller John Ringo. "[T]his thoroughly enjoyable ride should appeal to techno-thriller fans as well as to military SF buffs." ¾Publishers Weekly on John Ringo and Travis S. Taylor''s Into the Looking Glass.

A Heist of Galactic Proportions! The power to read hidden thoughts. The power to bend the will against its very essence. There''s only one thing you can call it: mind rape. Now an Indowy renegade seeks to use the technology to destroy a powerful human mentat¾and to bring down galactic civilization in the process. Master thief and assassin Cally O''Neal faces her most difficult and grittiest ordeal yet. For to steal a mind-control device, she must find a way to mask the burning drive within that allows her to succeed where all others fail. And, as if the stakes weren''t high enough already¾the mentat with the death sentence on her head is none other than Cally''s long-lost sister! At the publisher''s request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). Multiple New York Times best-selling John Ringo''s "Posleen War" saga continues as beautiful assassin Cally O''Neil returns in a gripping interplanetary thriller co-authored by John Ringo and best-selling Cally''s War collaborator, Julie Cochrane. "[F]ast-paced military sf peopled with three-dimensional characters and spiced with personal drama as well as tactical finesse" ¾Library Journal on John Ringo''s "Posleen War" saga.

TO THE STARS¾WITH GUNS AND DUCT TAPE LTC William Weaver, PhD. ("Call me Bill...") and SEAL Chief Miller, the heroes who saved Earth from alien menace in Into the Looking Glass, are back and this time Bill''s got hisself a ship! The former SSBN Nebraska has been converted, using mostly shade-tree mechanics and baling wire, into a warp ship, Naval Construction Contract 4144, ready to go where no Adar, SEAL or academic has gone before! Yay for the heroes! But who cares for the poor Security guys, Force Recon Marines who are kept in the dark and fed manure all day That is until they land on an alien planet, get partially wiped out and then load back up again. It''s a dog''s life in the Space Marines but somebody''s got to save the academics and the universe¾at the cost of horrendous casualties. Ranging in topics from the best gun to kill armored space monsters to particle physics to cosmology, Vorpal Blade is a return to the "good old days" of SF when the science problems were fun, the women were smart, tough and beautiful, and the beasts were ugly. The monkeys are out in the space lanes and ready to rock. As soon as they find the duct tape. At the publisher''s request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

THIS TIME, IT''S PERSONAL VX is not a good way to die. So when the President of the United States gets confirmed intelligence that a shipload of the stuff is headed for Florida, he orders that every stop be pulled out. Including bringing in his ultimate weapon: The Kildar. Heart-sick over the deaths of so many of his followers, former SEAL Mike Harmon, hero of Ghost, Kildar, Choosers of the Slain and Unto the Breach, decides to sit this one out. WMDs headed for the U.S. no longer matter to the newest in an ancient line of mercenary leaders. But when his best friend and intel specialist both are seriously wounded in an ambush aimed at him, the Kildar gets his gameface on. The terrorists will learn to fear the Ghost all over again. Set in the Bahamas and Florida, A Deeper Blue is a fast-moving thriller that starts off at a rocket pace and never slows down. The novel proves once again the adage that sometimes it takes bad people to do good things. Fortunately, Mike Harmon is a very bad man. At the publisher''s request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). "._._. a complete adrenaline rush, filled with nonstop, kick-ass action and hair-raising suspense." ¾Richard Marcinko "Ringo surpasses himself in his latest Kildar novel [Unto the Breach]._._. attains a terrible beauty not unlike that of the Norse Eddas." ¾Publishers Weekly (starred review) "This is definitely vintage Ringo, and fans of the prolific writer of action tales will be gratified." ¾Booklist

Problems, problems, problems! All Mike Harmon ever wanted to be was a SEAL. But after problems in the teams, college student was a decent second best. However, trouble seemed to follow him where he went. Now, after having angered every terrorist on Earth and at least five governments, buying a farm in a third world country was looking pretty good. Of course, nothing was ever simple. With Chechen terrorists knocking on the door and tenant farmers with a truly Byzantine culture, the question was whether he could drag the keldara into the 21st century before the Chechen put them back in the 6th. Kildar answers the question: Where would an international security specialist and former SEAL choose to retire—if he''s going to buy the farm, it should be one with beautiful women and the best beer in the world. Valhalla on Earth complete with Vikings.

Stand Against the Posleen Horde! Earth invaded! The Posleen aggressors eating what population they don''t outright vaporize! Now the aliens are closing in on a vital choke point for the humans: the Panama Canal. No canal, no food. No food¾the North American resistance crumbles, and hope fades. What''s worse, slimeball appeasers within the U.S. State Department (surprise!) are set to sell out the resistance to another race of would-be galactic overlords. One problem for our enemies: when the chips are down for humans, heroes have a habit of arising: A captain of industry who whips a corrupt and inefficient Central American kleptocracy into fighting shape within weeks. A retired Panamanian woman warrior who returns to the field of battle to rally her people in a last stand to save their children. And a battleship that is literally brought to consciousness by the echoes of ancient naval tradition (and a sentient A.I.) to fight ferociously for her country ¾ and the captain she''s come to love. It''s a rip-roaring epic of tactics, heroism, and survival as only two masters of military SF (both of whom served in Panama during their stint in the Army) can tell it. Multiple New York Times and USA Today best-seller John Ringo and Tom Kratman, collaborator with Ringo on the intriguing and controversial Watch on the Rhine, deliver another exciting entry in Ringo''s hugely popular Posleen War series. At the publisher''s request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

Mike Harmon and his elite Keldara take on a mission to stop an advanced form of smallpox plague from falling into the hands of terrorists and to prevent a series of WMD attacks on America''s heartland.

Former SEAL Michael Harmon settles down in the country of Georgia and builds a solid commando-quality militia out of his local retainers. When the daughter of a U.S. senator''s financial backer is kidnapped, Harmon and his warriors blast a gaping hole through the middle of the Balkan slave trade.

"When the council that controlled the world spanning computer Mother fell out in civil war, it plunged the world in an instant from high-tech utopia to medieval nightmare. Critical to the little remaining technology that was left were the Helium Three reactors that powered the world-wide power grid. And the refueling ship that returned from the outer planets every five years." "With the ship on its way back for the five year rendezvous, every faction on the planet was hungry to capture the tanker, and the power that went with it." "Megan Travante, former slave girl, assassin and currently one of the thirteen super-powerful "Key Holders" that control the world-spanning computer network called Mother, has become deeply entrenched in the political infighting that characterizes the New Destiny capital. In that role she is swained by her "very close, personal, friend" Herzer Herrick, the Blood Lord''s Blood Lord, who would much prefer to be splitting orc heads or riding dragons. He wouldn''t mind so much if he was at least getting some." "When Herzer and Megan are trapped as replacements for the slaughtered first team, life becomes a nightmarish scramble to find qualified personnel and train and prepare for the toughest space-walk of all time. All while being assaulted by giant metallic scorpions and trying to resolve their "close, personal" differences."--BOOK JACKET.

Beginning a new series by the New York Times best-selling author JOHN RINGO¾ DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES MEET KILLER DEMONS! Special: distinguished by some unusual quality . . . Circumstances: a piece of evidence that indicates the probability or improbability of an event . . . Barbara Everette, homemaker living in a small town in Mississippi, had the perfect life. Perfect husband, perfect children, perfect house, perfect Christian Faith. She cooked and cleaned perfectly and managed all of the chores of the modern suburbanite, toting the kids, running the PTA, teaching kung-fu in the local dojo . . . Perfectly. But perfection has a price and the day came when Barbara snapped. She simply had to have "one weekend off." God had to grant her that much. It said no where that she was a slave. Waving goodbye to her hapless, entirely undomestic husband, she set out on the quest for a weekend of peace and maybe some authentic Cajun food. Detective Sergeant Kelly Lockhart, New Orleans Homicide, had a perfect record on his latest case: not a single suspect. And there should be at least five or six, given the DNA traces on the many bodies. Furthermore, his sole really outstanding clue, a mysterious fish scale, had disappeared into the recesses of the FBI Crime Lab. But the old fortune-teller was sending him into the bayou, down in the land of authentic Cajun food, on the track of a mysterious pimp with the admonition to "watch for the Princess." Or die. Barbara and Kelly were heading to a rendezvous that might be fate and might reveal the hand of God. There was more cooking in the swamps than jambalaya. Unknown to either, the mystery of the Bayou Ripper had Special Circumstances. At the publisher''s request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

This "Ghost" May Not Walk Through Walls, but Walls had Better Not Get in His Way! A New Techno-thriller Adventure Series by a New York Times Best-Selling Author. Former SEAL Michael Harmon, Team Name "Ghost", retired for service injuries, is not enjoying college life. But things are about to change, if not for the better. When he sees a kidnapping a series of, at the time logical, decisions leave him shot to ribbons and battling a battalion of Syrian commandos with only the help of three naked co-eds who answer to the names "Bambi," "Thumper" and "Cotton Tail." A fast-paced, highly-sexual, military-action thriller that ranges from a poison factory in the Mideast to the Florida Keys to Siberia, the novel will keep you guessing what twisted fate will bring next for the man once known as . . . Ghost. Keep an eye on him or . . . poof, he''ll be gone. At the publisher''s request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management). "John Ringo''s done it again! Ghost is a complete adrenaline rush, filled with nonstop, kick ass action and hair-raising suspense." ¾Richard Marcinko, New York Times best-selling author of Rogue Warrior: Vengeance.

WORST TWO OUT OF THREE When a 60 kiloton nuclear explosion destroys the University of Central Florida, terrorism is the first suspect. But terrorists don''t generally leave doorways to another world in their wake. Or, rather, a generator of doorways to multiple other worlds. With time of the essence, the Secretary of Defense scrounges up the nearest physicist with a high level security clearance. With doctorates in everything from nuclear physics to electrical engineering, William Weaver, PhD, is the egghead''s egghead. On the other hand, with skills in everything from mountain biking to screaming electric guitar, he''s also fast enough and tough enough to survive when the alien gates start disgorging "demons." As a snap decision, he appears to be the perfect choice, smart, tough and capable. Now if he could only patch things up with his girlfriend, get his boss off his back and get his cellphone bill paid. Oh, yeah, and figure out why the heck these gates keep opening. Okay, so sometimes he''s got priority issues. As the gates spread and evil aliens spread with them, it is up to Weaver and SEAL Command Master Chief Miller to find a way to stop the proliferation and close the hostile gates. The problem being that the only way they can see to save the earth is destroy it. Then there''s not going to be any more girlfriends or cellphones or bosses . . . Hmmm... Okay, two out of three of those are bad. They''re really, really bad. Bad on toast. Bad like the Pacific is watery. Every day a Monday, bad. One and a half at the very least. Worst two out of three. Gotta prioritize. Guess Weaver and Miller are just gonna have to save the world. At the publisher''s request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

Problems, Problems, Problems . . . The world had been a paradise until the Fall, when the holders of the control codes for the world-spanning program called "Mother" fell out in civil war. The United Free States felt well defended behind its screen of elite Dragon carriers that held sway in the Atlantis Ocean. But when New Destiny proved to have dragon carriers of its own, and more of them, the linch-pin of the UFS defense went out the window. Now, with the UFS'' back to the wall, everything seems to be going New Destiny''s way. But there are problems. Edmund Talbot had never really studied naval warfare, but what he didn''t know about war in general hadn''t been written. So when he took over the UFS navy, at its moment of utter defeat, New Destiny''s problems were just starting. And little did the instigator of the civil war, Paul Boman, know that his closest confidante was the daughter of the UFS'' head of intelligence. Megan Travante, for four years mired in a concubine''s harem, has just been recruited to be an agent in the enemy camp. Of course, she''s also planning on murdering Paul, just as soon as she gets a chance. Herzer Herrick, the UFS'' premier ground fighter, has problems of his own. A man who''s "good with his hands" he''s also found he''s good with a dragon. Which is why he''s the XO of a dragon contingent instead of fighting in the front lines of the ground battle. With a crew of brand new pilots, undertrained dragons, untrained support personnel, the bitchiest dragon CO on Earth and a ship''s commander who''s half cat, he has enough problems for any one man. And then he gets an order that drops a whole passel more in his lap. The battle of dragon carrier on dragon carrier is about to start, with the fleets pursuing each other over half the Atlantis Ocean in a game of cat-and-mouse. But all the cats are on the side of the UFS. At the publisher''s request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

Cally O''Neal, from Ringo''s bestseller "Hell''s Faire," stars in this "New York Times" bestseller--a fast-paced interplanetary adventure that finds the trained killer locked in a battle to reclaim her lost soul.

On an enemy planet inhabited by the Darhel, an alien race with extraordinary empathic abilities, a human hunter stalks his alien prey, a Darhel who must overcome his sensitivities to kill his stalker, or be killed in the process.

Fundamental Genetics is a concise, non-traditional textbook that explains major topics of modern genetics in 42 mini-chapters. It is organized for ease of learning, beginning with molecular structures and progressing through molecular processes to population genetics & evolution. Students will find the short, focused chapters approachable and more easily digested than the long, more complex chapters of traditional genetics textbooks. The book is extensively illustrated throughout with simple and uncluttered diagrams. This clear, comprehensive and unique textbook provides a compact alternative for introductory genetics courses.

SOL-0045, a bolo on a mission that would end the civil war, finds himself caught in a moral dilemma when a young boy stands in his way and SOL begins to question whether or not bolos have souls.

The shattered SheVa Nine is rising from its smoking ashes to fight against the ravening Posleen hordes and save the interior of the Cumberland Plateau.

Another Sunny Day on Marduk Roger Ramius Sergei Alexander Chiang MacClintock has had a really bad year. Bad enough to be the spoiled rotten fop of a prince no one wanted or trusted. Worse to be sent off on a meaningless diplomatic mission, simply to get you out from underfoot, with a bodyguard of Marines who loathe and despise you. Worse yet to be assumed dead and marooned for almost a year on a hell-hole planet while you and those same Marines fight your way through carnivorous beasts, murderous natives, and perpetual rain to the only starport. . . which is controlled by the Empire''s worst enemies. Worst of all to have discovered that you were born to be a warrior prince. One whose bodyguards have learned the same lesson. And one haunted by the deaths of almost a hundred of your Marines... for what you know now was an unnecessary exercise in political expediency. A warrior prince who wants to have a few choice words with your Lady Mother, the Empress of Man. But to have them, you, your surviving Marines, and your Mardukan allies must cross a demon-haunted ocean, face a civilization that is "civilized" in name alone and "barbarians" who may not be exactly what they seem, and once again battle against impossible odds. All so that you can attempt to somehow seize a heavily defended spaceport and hijack a starship to take you home. Yet what neither Roger, nor the Marines, nor his allies know is that the battle to leave Marduk is only the beginning. And that words with Roger''s mother will be hard to come by. But that''s all right. Because what the Galaxy doesn''t know is that it''s about to receive a fresh proof of an old truism: You don''t mess with a MacClintock. At the publisher''s request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

After five years of battling invaders, human civilization prepares a strike to drive the aliens from the Earth. But the Clan-Lord of the Sten has learned from the defeats human have dealt him, and has his own battle plan. When he squares off against Major Michael O''Neal, the only winner will be Satan himself. . . . At the publisher''s request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).

In this thrilling sequel to "March Upcountry", Prince Roger MacClintock and his Royal Marines are stranded on a barbaric world and their only hope for escape is to take over an enemy-held spaceport.

Prince Roger MacClintock is heading for a ceremonial appearance when his space ship crashes, stranding him and his guardian Royal Marines on a jungle planet held by enemy forces. To survive, they must trek to the planet''s only spaceport, and a spoiled prince must learn to be a man. This is the first volume in a new series by the bestselling author of the Honor Harrington adventures.