Duel in the Dark

✍ Scribed by Jay Allan

• Publisher: System 7 Publishing
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 197 KB
• Category: Fiction

✦ Synopsis

There is one chance to avert war.

Read the first book in Jay Allans blockbuster Blood on the Stars series.

A duel, in the deepest darks, a savage fight between two veteran warriors, two captains, two heroes.

An epic battle that only one can survive. A fight to determine if there is peace, or a bloody war where billions will die.

The Confederation battleship Dauntless has spent ten months patrolling the border, alone, watching for an attack from the enemy Union. The crew is exhausted, and the aging vessel needs repairs.

The fleet is mobilized, ready for the war it knows is coming. The forward bases are overloaded beyond capacity, and Dauntless is sent clear across the Confederation, to a base along the peaceful and sleepy sector known as the Far Rim.

But the quiet frontier isnt quite what it seems, and a distress call from a mining colony at the edge of Confederation space, sends Captain Tyler Barron and his ship forward into the unknown.

Barron and his crew have their shipand each otherbut they can expect no reinforcements. His superiors believe that Union deceit is at play, that the attack is merely a diversion, intended to draw Confederation forces from the disputed border. Their orders are clear: no ships will be transferred from the main front. Stopping whatever is happening on the Far Rim is Barrons responsibility, and his alone.

Barron is the grandson of the Confederations greatest hero, and his name has always carried great privilege, along with crushing responsibility. Now he must prove that he has inherited more than just a name from his famous ancestor.

He must face the enemy, and win the victory.

Before the Confederation is caught between two enemies and destroyed.

"Allan strikes gold with his first novel in the Blood on the Stars series. Marines fighting on the ground and spacers slugging it out in the inky blackness of deep space, it doesn't get much more exciting. Amazon Review

Start the series readers are calling, a complicated, detailed, and compelling story, and a rich and satisfying experience.

All the Blood in the Stars Series are available on Amazon and in Kindle Unlimited.

Book 1: Duel in the Dark

Book 2: Call to Arms

Book 3: Ruins of Empire

Book 4: Echoes of Glory

Book 5: Crucible of Fire

Book 6: Dauntless

Book 7: The White Fleet

Book 8: Black Dawn

Book 9: Invasion

Book 10: Nightfall

Book 11: The Grand Alliance

Book 12: The Colossus

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From the Author

Also by Jay Allan

The Crimson Worlds Series

Book 1: Marines

Book 2: The Cost of Victory

Book 3: A Little Rebellion

Book 4: The First Imperium

Book 5: The Line Must Hold

Book 6: To Hell's Heart

Book 7: The Shadow Legions

Book 8: Even Legends Die

Book 9: The Fall

Crimson Worlds War Stories (Crimson Worlds Prequels)

Red Team Alpha (A Crimson Worlds Adventure)

Flames of Rebellion Series

Book 1: Flames of Rebellion

Book 2: Rebellion's Fury (Fall 2017)

Blood on the Stars Series

Book 1: Duel in the Dark

Book 2: Call to Arms

Book 3: Ruins of Empire

Book 4: Echoes of Glory (Summer 2017)

The Far Stars Series

Book 1: Shadow of Empire

Book 2: Enemy in the Dark

Book 3: Funeral Games

Far Stars Legends Series

Book 1: Blackhawk

Book 2: The Wolf's Claw (Coming 2017)

Crimson Worlds Successors Series

Book 1: MERCS

Book 2: The Prisoner of Eldaron

Book 3: The Black Flag (Coming 2017)

Crimson Worlds Refugees Series

Book 1: Into the Darkness

Book 2: Shadows of the Gods

Book 3: Revenge ofthe Ancients

Book 4: Winds of Vengeance

Book 5: Storm of Vengeance (Coming 2017)

Portal Wars Series

Book 1: Gehenna Dawn

Book 2: The Ten Thousand

Book 3: Homefront

Pendragon Chronicles

Book 1: The Dragon's Banner

About the Author

I'm a lifetime Northeasterner, and I currently live in New York City, where I write from my apartment...and continue to fill small notebooks with ideas for future books. I've been reading science fiction and fantasy for just about as long as I've been reading,so, of course, when I started to write,that's where I ended up. It's been a great ride so far!

My tastes as a reader are fairly varied and eclectic, but I'd say my favorites are military and dystopian science fiction, space opera, alternate history,and epic fantasy, usually a little bit gritty. I also read a lot of non-fiction, mostly history. I write a lot of science fiction with military themes, but also other SF and some fantasy as well. I like complex characters and lots of backstory and action. Honestly, I think world-building is the heart of science fiction and fantasy, and since that is what I've always been drawn to as a reader, that is what I write.

Among other things, I write the bestselling Crimson Worlds series and the Far Stars series published by Harper Voyager.

I've been an investor and real estate developer for a long time (mostly retired from it now), a fiction author more recently. When I'm not writing, I enjoy traveling, running, hiking, reading. I love hearing from readers and always answer emails. I think you stop growing as a writer if you stop listening to those who read your books.

Join my mailing list at jayallanbooks.com, for updates on new releases (and some free and discounted books), and follow me on Twitter@jayallanwrites for an occasional look at work in progress and thoughts on the genre in general. Or you can email me [email protected]. I try to answer every email.

ID : 4019
Library : Science Fiction
Order : 1
Universes : Blood on the Stars [01]
Formats : EPUB
Read : Want to Read