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Forge and Steel
2017
First Published
4.20
Average Rating
162
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Part of Series

From Hugo award finalist and bestselling science fiction author David VanDyke come three Plague Wars: Alien Invasion/Stellar Conquest novelettes in one volume of 125 pages. Steel's First Temper: Jill "Reaper" Repeth must complete a tough rescue mission on a Meme asteroid base while beginning to train a new protégé, Joseph "Bull" ben Tauros. A Hotter Forge: Bull and Reaper are assigned to capture one of the Pure Race, but a Blend throws a monkey wrench into their plan, forcing them into a no-win battle. What Price Humanity? Vincent "Vango" Markis awakes to find himself blind and helpless. Soon it become apparent that he and his fellow pilots are trapped in a situation with no choices and only one way out. A slightly shorter version was previously published in Jerry Pournelle's anthology There Will Be War X. Plague Wars: Decade One

  • The Eden Plague
  • Reaper's Run
  • Skull's Shadows
  • Eden's Exodus
  • Apocalypse Austin
  • Nearest Night Plague Wars: Alien Invasion
  • The Demon Plagues
  • The Reaper Plague
  • The Orion Plague
  • Cyborg Strike
  • Comes the Destroyer
  • Forge and Steel Plague Wars: Stellar Conquest
  • Starship Conquest
  • Desolator: Conquest
  • Tactics of Conquest
  • Conquest of Earth
  • Conquest and Empire
Avg Rating
4.20
Number of Ratings
146
5 STARS
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3 STARS
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Author

David VanDyke
David VanDyke
Author · 27 books
David VanDyke is a former Army Airborne soldier and later, an Air Force officer. He lives in the Tucson area with his wife and three dogs. Look him up at davidvandykeauthor.com
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