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WINNER APPLIE LITERARY AWARD EBOOK OF THE YEAR 2016
The Earth is hit with a suspicious virus that no one can explain. The President of the United States Arnold Patterson and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs face the collapse of the government. The President loses his family to the virus, the government is attacked and they must deal with a ruthless warlord.
Commander Joan Herl, Commander of the Space Station Oasis, her husband Tom and the remaining crew deal with the virus running rampant on the station and they must find a way to survive. They must also support the moon colony Desert Beach and the Mars colony Red Dirt, who are dependent on their support.
As everyone deals with the crisis, two glaring realities become apparent. One, there is an intelligent computer that is their only link to survival and two there is another computer that has a different agenda.
Genre: FICTION / Science Fiction / Space OperaEarly in release and available on Audible also. Currently ranked around 600K and the announcement of winning Ebook of the years for 2016 is just occurring.
First book in a multi book series. Four have already been released and the the fifth is being written.
USCF Cruiser Machelhany - Persian Gulf
Admiral Lester Monson was sitting on the bridge of the USCF Cruiser Wolford Machelhany, the third LaWS III cruiser in the 5th Fleet. The LaWS laser was the culmination of years of research and development, and as a laser weapon system, it was the peak of the technology.
Each of the LaWS was a giant laser with 250KW of energy and the ship was a giant fusion reactor with enormous energy storage. The single laser on the deck could fire every 8-10 seconds depending on range. Longer distance to the target required greater energy to focus the beam to a finer point and push more power through to compensate for the atmospheric attenuation. If the target was closer, then a broader beam of lower power could do the damage.
The sun was high, with a sea state of four, and the outside temperature was 56 degrees. The Machelhany was making a healthy 30 knots and he couldn't think of a better day on the sea.
"Admiral Monson, you're needed in the CIC," crackled the comm speaker.
Reluctantly the Admiral climbed out of his command chair and exited through the hatch in the aft portion of the bridge, down a short ladder and he walked into the command information center.
Lieutenant Commander Ott saw the admiral enter and moved to intercept him.
"Sir there is some comm traffic I think you should be aware of."
"Ok, commander. What is it?"
"Sir, we're picking up comm traffic about an outbreak of a virus in numerous parts of the Russian Caucasus. There has been a significant increase in the communications in the area and the Sixth thinks it is significant. Right now, Iran and Turkey are confused and can’t decide if it's an outbreak or some kind of separatist activity. Each side is blaming the other, which is only adding to the confusion."
