Columbus Day

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Craig Alanson

We were fighting on the wrong side, of a war we couldn't win. And that was the good news.The Ruhar hit us on Columbus Day. There we were, innocently drifting along the cosmos on our little blue marble, like the native Americans in 1492. Over the horizon come ships of a technologically advanced, aggressive culture, and BAM! There go the good old days, when humans only got killed by each other. So, Columbus Day. It fits.When the morning sky twinkled again, this time with Kristang starships jumping in to hammer the Ruhar, we thought we were saved. The UN Expeditionary Force hitched a ride on Kristang ships to fight the Ruhar, wherever our new allies thought we could be useful. So, I went from fighting with the US Army in Nigeria, to fighting in space. It was lies, all of it. We shouldn't even be fighting the Ruhar, they aren't our enemy, our allies are.I'd better start at the beginning....

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Author

Craig Alanson

Pages

303

Publisher

Independently Published

Published Date

2017-09-18

ISBN

1520126247 9781520126241

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"It’s the first book of a running series. Keeping that in mind, know that the first half of this book is a bit slow. As many first books go, the first one takes a little time to really develop the characters. That being said, when it gets to a certain character being introduced…. Hold on tight. You’re in for a wild ride!"

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Jonathan Farley

"If you like Sci-fi it's a must read. The whole series. I try to only post firsts of series so I don't flood the system. "

johnathan malcolm

"The beginning of an excellent series of books. Funny, exciting, and thoughtful. Alanson has created a marvelous cast of characters that I actually got invested in. I highly recommend the series to a lot of people. SciFi, comedy, action."

Benjamin Woodhouse

"Space military with space combat meets politics (but like what would happen if this worlds government would react to another world’s government’s war tactics."

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Gregory Murphy

"My favorite character of all time (at least in books) came from this one. All hail his awesomeness, Skippy."

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Hunter Elliott

"Fantastic series. Audible version will bring you to tears and begging for more."

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Gail Tiffany