East of the Sun and West of the Moon(Ooorcs In Spaaace)Swords, Sex, and Rockets!Paradise falls. Humanity is thrown back to an age of steel and blood. Now the fuel that powers the "changed" world is up for grabs in an orbiting spacecraft. With only days to plan, rough and ready paladin Herzer Herrick must assemble a team of expert warriors capable of both seat-of-the-pants engineering and hand-to-hand combat in space. In the meantime, Herzer must face his own demons as he waits for his emotionally-scarred fianc to recover and finally bed him. And if that's not enough, there's a horde of "changed" orcs and goblins who are intent on delivering the power above to their totalitarian masters below. This is one space race free humanity cannot afford to lose! Multiple New York Times and USA Today best-seller John Ringo delivers another rousing entry in his "Council Wars" saga! "Marvelous!" "If Tom Clancy were writing SF, it would read much like John Ringo." Cover art by Kurt Miller |
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This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental. First printing, May 2006 Distributed by Simon & Schuster Printed in the United States of America |
ISBN-10: 1-4165-2059-7
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Dedication
To Miriam.
AcknowledgementsI'd like to thank, as usual, Travis (Doc Travis) Taylor for help in technical aspects of this book. Notably, for straightening me out on some fairly simple aspects of orbital mechanics and reentry. I'd also like to thank Timothy (Uncle Timmy) Bolgeo for correcting my numerous mistakes in electrical design. I'd also like to thank Patrick Vanner for saving me from making various technical mistakes as well as for the suggestion to use shuttles. As usual, any mistakes that are left are mine and not theirs. I'd also like to thank Linda Donohue for a great outfit and the girls at the San Diego Hooters, Downtown, for providing me with about half the minor characters on Team Icarus. Inspirational ladies all. |