

And when the technologically-superior attackers sweep aside the solar system''s last defenses, and traitorous corporations invite the invaders to land ''security forces,'' humanity fights back with its best weapons: cunning, inventiveness, and guts. With Earth''s fleet shattered by a sneak attack and its survivors fighting for their lives, Caine must rely upon both his first contact and weaponry skills to contend with the non-humanoid enemy. When reluctant interstellar diplomat and intelligence operative Caine Riordan returns from humanity''s first encounter with alien races, sudden war clouds burst. Science fiction adventure on a grand scale. Retrieved August 14, 2022.NEBULA AWARD FINALIST and sequel to national bestseller, Nebula Award finalist, and Compton Crook Award winner Fire with Fire.


Gannon has also co-written novels in the 1632 series with Eric Flint, including 1635: The Papal Stakes (2012), 1636: Commander Cantrell in the West Indies (2014), and 1636: The Vatican Sanction (2015).

: 60 Gannon wrote many articles in Challenge magazine about "The Hinterworlds", a sector of space in the Imperium of the Traveller universe. Gannon is a novelist and game designer who has worked primarily on hard science-fiction and role-playing games.Ĭharles Gannon wrote Hard Times (1991), a MegaTraveller book which pushed the background metaplot up by six years. Speculative fiction: Literature of political transformation (1998)Ĭharles E.
