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Duty, Honor, Planet
Series · 3 books · 2011-2014

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Duty, Honor, Planet

2011

A Military Sci-Fi Series. We thought we were alone... We’re going to wish we were. Jason McKay and Shannon Stark, two young Republic Space Fleet Intelligence officers, are given the leadership of a new special ops unit. The mission? Guard the spoiled daughter of an important senator on a tour of the colonies. Neither of them thought the mission would be anything more than babysitting…until the aliens invaded the colony. Implacable, relentless, merciless, the armored creatures slaughter everyone who gets in their way. The team is forced to go on the run with the people they’re supposed to protect. But survival will be the least of their challenges. Because it’s not as simple as an alien invasion, and the truth may be even stranger than they can imagine. Jason and Shannon are forced to weigh the lives of the people they lead–and the ones they love–against their duty, honor, and planet.
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Honor Bound

2012

A Military Sci-Fi Series. Some enemies just won’t die… Return to the star-spanning human Republic of Duty, Honor, Planet as chief of Fleet Intelligence Jason McKay and his deadly executive officer Shannon Stark take on another dire threat to humanity! General Antonov’s Protectorate returns to menace the Republic from without, while a possible military coup gestates within its borders. Are the two connected? Will McKay and Stark be able to put the pieces together before it’s too late?
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The Line of Duty

2014

Danger stalks the Republic once again. Raiders hijack their starships, biological weapons slaughter their colonists, and terrorists kill thousands of innocents in their mega-cities…and as the head of Fleet Intelligence, it’s Jason McKay’s job to track down the enemy, whether they’re on a world at the edge of known space or in the midst of a corrupt government. McKay and his lethal second-in-command, Shannon Stark are on a hunt for the truth, but that pursuit will end up with traitors in high places hunting them. Will they be forced to turn against their own government in order to do their duty? Find out in the thrilling conclusion to the Duty, Honor, Planet military sci-fi series!

Author

Rick Partlow
Rick Partlow
Author · 61 books

Rick Partlow is that rarest of species, a native Floridian. Born in Tampa, he attended Florida Southern College and graduated with a degree in History and a commission in the US Army as an Infantry officer. His lifelong love of science fiction began with Have Space Suit—-Will Travel and the other Heinlein juveniles and traveled through Clifford Simak, Asimov, Clarke and on to William Gibson, Walter Jon Williams and Peter F Hamilton. And somewhere, submerged in the worlds of others, Rick began to create his own worlds. He has written over 60 books in over a dozen different series, and his short stories have been included in many different anthologies. He currently lives in norther Wyoming with his wife and their dog. Besides writing and reading science fiction and fantasy, he enjoys outdoor photography, hiking and camping.

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