In times of trial, heroes are forged in the heat of battle A science fiction tale of the age old themes of combat and war in the futuristic setting of human interstellar travel outside the Solar System, alien technology and weaponry combined with gritty, realistic combat scenes The author draws on his military combat experience to draw the reader into exciting alien worlds and delves into technology that could almost be Science Fact. There is but one conclusion... that mankind overcomes it's alien foes... isn't there? The Terran Republic draws the lines of conflict - it must protect Earth ..... and it's allies Dr Jeff Moore, the unassuming squat, brown haired theoretical physicist, unlocks the Galaxy with his unintentional invention of the Gravity Drive whilst carrying out research on the Vega Star Probe, intended to provide Earth with colonies outside its own Solar System. Ancient Alien Civilisation This remarkable development leads to the construction of the new Vanguard Survey starship.The Terran Defence Force (TDF) Marco Polo is Captained by David Catney, he leads interstellar exploration outside Earths Solar System and leads humans to the ultimate Discovery of an ancient, dead, civilisation. Alien technology is submerged deep within an extinct planet and it leads to the shocking discovery... man is not alone. The Drake Equation may be... finally... unequivocally?... Proven? Military Space Fleet As the military space fleet of the Terran Republic, explores newly discovered planets in space, mandated by politicians, aided by alien technology, the Captains find both friends... and an enemy... an enemy they must repel The Politicians and the military are obligated to work together towards their objective. To hold the line. Defend the earth. No matter the cost

The Commonwealth Union of Planets struggle against their mysterious bloodthirsty enemy the ‘Others’. Their goal? To defend their homelands, seek out their genetic cousins cited in the alien database. When the ‘Others’ true nature is revealed, they fight the final battle for the survival of Earth itself.

The war is won. It has been three long years since the Commonwealth witnessed the Others’ self-immolation on Durav. Three years of clearing one sector after another of the Others with their pathological hatred for all that was not of the Creator. Humanity and its allies rush to colonize the stars only to find that they are not the only ones with colonial ambitions. In a distant star system human colonists settle on a world they hope will become their new home. Until the arrival of the Turak, a race who claim prior rights to the planet. The colonist are forced to leave under the watching Turak who give them a stark warning to bring back to the Commonwealth. Encroach on any world under our control at your peril! Back on Earth some question the need for the Commonwealth at all. The Earth First Movement advocate a human isolationist policy and are willing to use any means to secure power and they have powerful friends. The sudden destruction of the Alonan colony world of Balat by unidentified warships brings the Commonwealth and the Alonan Empire to the edge of open warfare. The Empire believes it to be a Commonwealth first strike. The Commonwealth claim no knowledge of the attack. Had the Empire stumbled into Turak territory? With war once again threatening to explode amongst the stars the true orchestrator lurks in the shadows. The Creator has returned.

The titanic struggle for control of the stars reaches its bloody conclusion in the final chapter of the bestselling Saiph Series. With their puppet race ‘The Others’ defeated, and imprisoned on a world surrounded by warships and heavily armed orbital fortresses, the ruthless regime of the Saiph are forced to face the combined might of the Commonwealth Union of Planets. Meanwhile, the Empire of Alona has secretly grown its forces and, in a twist of fate, made an unlikely ally in its race for military supremacy which soon becomes moot when they discover themselves to be pawns in an even greater game. And, finally, the utterly belligerent Turak. Friend to none. Potential enemy to all. Who knows what part they will play in this violent struggle for survival? What shall be the Legacy of the Saiph?