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- Humankind's vast intergalactic power struggle and future war to bring down an insidious evil alien empire reaches an explosive, page-turning climax in Ian Douglas's Singularity, the third book in his New York Times bestselling Star Carrier series.
- Author(s): Ian Douglas
- 400 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Science Fiction
- Series Name: Star Carrier
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In the vein of the hit television show "Battlestar Galactica" comes the third book in this action-packed, "New York Times"-bestselling science fiction series in which humankind is in a vast power struggle to bring down an evil empire. Original.Book Synopsis
Humankind's vast intergalactic power struggle and future war to bring down an insidious evil alien empire reaches an explosive, page-turning climax in Ian Douglas's Singularity, the third book in his New York Times bestselling Star Carrier series. Blisteringly exciting military science fiction in the vein of the hit TV series "Battlestar Galactica," Singularity pits determined space soldiers against a powerful race of creatures bent upon the total annihilation of a human race on the brink of technological transcendence. A notable descendant of such classic military sf novels as Joe Haldeman's The Forever War and Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein, Singularity will not disappoint author Douglas's every-growing legion of fans as it conquers Jack Campbell, Rick Shelley, John Ringo, David Sherman and Dan Cragg loyalists as well.From the Back Cover
There is an unseen power in the universe--a terrible force that was dominating the galaxy tens of thousands of years before the warlike Sh'daar were even aware of the existence of Sol and its planets.
As humankind approaches the Singularity, when transcendence will be achieved throughtechnology, contact will be made.
In the wake of the near destruction of the solar system, the political powers on Earth seek a separate peace withan inscrutable alien life form that no one has ever seen.But Admiral Alexander Koenig, the hero of Alphekka, has gone rogue, launching his fabled battlegroup beyond the boundaries of Human Space against all orders.With Confederation warships in hot pursuit, Koenig istaking the war for humankind's survival directlyto a mysterious omnipotent enemy.
Review Quotes
"Douglas knows his SF." -- Publishers Weekly