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Extinction Wars
Series · 5 books · 2013-2018

Books in series

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#1

Assault Troopers

2013

The Earth died when aliens rained thermonuclear warheads on her cities and sprayed the surface with a bio-terminator. A deadly poison drifted to every corner of the planet, threatening the last survivors with annihilation. For a soldier in Antarctica like Creed, there is only one way to keep breathing untainted air. He must bury his hatred of the extraterrestrials and join the Jelk Corporation as an assault trooper, leaving the planet for outer space. In return for his and other people's services, the corporation will house the last humans for as long as the assault troopers keep winning. For the price of living and the chance to save humanity, Creed has to wear a shock chip in his neck?Jelk discipline is harsh?and he has to don a symbiotic battlesuit that feeds off his sweat. Human life is cheap in the vast alien war. The assault troopers are little more than suicide soldiers, but for humanity to escape extinction, they must survive. But Creed didn't agree to the bargain in order to remain a dog to the aliens. He has a plan, and he'll need all his cunning to beat these star born bastards and begin the road to freedom for the human race. "Assault Troopers" is a tale of human extinction and ultimate desperation, written by bestselling author Vaughn Heppner.
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#2

Planet Strike

2014

An ancient enemy with a billion starships and a trillion soldiers is about to invade our universe‭! A Forerunner artifact‭ ‬the size of a planet‭ ‬drifts in hyperspace.‭ ‬It‭ ‬has mysteriously gone online,‭ ‬opening a rip between space-time continuums.‭ ‬A monstrous‭ ‬race older than the stones of Earth is‭ ‬pouring through,‭ ‬planning to eradicate all life not‭ ‬its own. The aliens‭ ‬in our spiral arm‭ ‬of the Milky Way Galaxy are in terror of the invaders.‭ ‬They want‭ ‬to use‭ ‬human‭ ‬assault troopers as ground-pounders in a suicide mission to save our universe.‭ ‬Humans are little better than beasts anyway,‭ ‬although the‭ ‬aliens‭ ‬know they can fight like hell.‭ ‬Let the unpredictable Earthlings do the dirty work and battle down to the center of the portal planet:‭ ‬closing the‭ ‬rip.‭ ‬It‭’‬s a commando raid where no one comes back,‭ ‬and good riddance to them. Creed understands this is a screw job.‭ ‬He‭’‬s dealt with these‭ ‬aliens‭ ‬before and‭ ‬beaten them at their own game.‭ ‬But the stakes are desperately high and the‭ ‬extraterrestrials‭ ‬have threatened all humanity if he refuses to stop the monstrous invaders.‭ ‬So be it.‭ ‬Creed‭ ‬has an idea,‭ ‬a‭ ‬crazy plan,‭ ‬and if he‭’‬s right‭…‬every alien that ever lived‭—‬in this universe and the next‭—‬will curse the day they messed with Earth.
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#3

Star Viking

2014

Earth’s last Assault Troopers become Star Vikings, raiding alien worlds. In the third book of the Extinction Wars series, the Emperor of the Lokhars declares a holy crusade against the last humans, promising to finish what he started. Years ago at his orders, the Lokhars nuked the Earth and sprayed it with a bio-terminator. Creed has begun raiding alien worlds for more starships and the tech needed to clean the radioactive Earth. But how can his handful of cruisers stop the approaching armada? If Creed hopes to save humanity, he’ll need to unlock the secrets of the Forerunner artifact he brought back from hyperspace. Then, in a race against time, he’ll have to risk everything on a desperate raid into the heart of the alien empire.
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#4

Fortress Earth

2016

Earth’s last Assault Troopers target the oldest being in existence. In the fourth book of the Extinction Wars series, Abaddon commands a Karg-Jelk Super Fleet bent on annihilating humanity. Years of intense terraforming has healed the Earth from the ravages of alien hell-burners and a deadly bio-terminator. The homeworld thrives, reseeded and repopulated, with heavy layers of defensive systems to make sure the Earth is never harmed again. But Abaddon has incredibly advanced technology, including a vast moon-sized ship able to teleport to any place in the galaxy. If Creed hopes to save humanity, he’ll need more than fierce determination and savage fighting skills. He has to go the galactic core to find out the truth about Abaddon, the Jelk and the terrible secret of the human race. The knowledge will help to strengthen Fortress Earth, but will it be enough to win?
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#5

Target Earth

2018

What if you could right your greatest regret? Creed wishes he’d never left Jennifer behind in a dark and alien dimension where Abaddon transformed her into a superhuman killer. Creed helped kill Abaddon and put Jennifer in the Curator’s care—the only one with the hope of healing her—but guilt still gnaws at Creed. Then one day Jennifer escapes from the Curator, with the pain of her lover’s abandonment driving her. She plans to hurt Creed like he hurt her, by destroying what he has worked so hard to save—the Earth. When Creed learns this, he breaks his oath as the Galactic Effectuator, steals an advanced stealth ship, phase suit and weapons from the Curator and races home. Time and incredibly deadly aliens under Jennifer’s control fight Creed. He desperately needs the help of Rollo, Ella and N7 if he hopes to protect humanity and right the greatest wrong of his life by saving Jennifer from the evil Abaddon has done to her. TARGET: EARTH is the fifth book in the Extinction Wars series.

Author

Vaughn Heppner
Vaughn Heppner
Author · 83 books

You can visit Vaughn at www.vaughnheppner.com I was born in Canada and remember as a small boy crawling in my snow-fort. I closed my eyes, and when I tried to open them, they were frozen shut. I didn't panic, but wiped away the ice crystals, unglued my eyes and kept on building my tunnel. Those were great days! I moved to Central California before seventh grade and couldn't believe I lived in a land where oranges grew on trees and you could pick grapes from the vine. I used to wonder what I wanted to do with my life, what kind of work specifically. I was miserable not knowing and bordering on desperate. Then one day a friend gave me his typewriter. I began working on a novel. A different person told me it was much easier on a computer, so I bought one and began getting up at 4:30 A.M. each morning before work, writing for three hours. My eyes were unglued once again as the pang of misery left my gut. I knew exactly what I wanted to do: write. So now that's what I do, I write, and write, and write, and I love it.

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