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From the International bestselling author, Saxon Andrew, comes the second book in the Fight for Britannia series, Saving America. Thousands of years in the past, three colony ships, the Britannia, Australia, and America, fled from Earth to escape dictatorial rule and a coming nuclear war and set out to find habitable planets for settlements far from Earth.
The planet the Britannia Colony Ship settled has been destroyed by an advanced alien civilization. Its cities were laid waste and burned to the ground by orbital bombardment from a thousand alien warships. Many of Britannia’s survivors were moved to, Melbourne, the second colony which was founded by the Australia, but many chose to remain behind; they died when the aliens returned a year later and killed every one still alive on the planet.
Grady and Taffy Henricks, along with Rory and Abby Dunhan, are committed to distracting Earth and the aliens from discovering Melbourne’s location. For over two years they have been using two small advanced warships which Grady developed to harass their enemies and keep them fighting against each other. However, the aliens have discovered Earth’s location and the war between them is taking on a new direction and intensity. The coming confrontation is going to be cataclysmic.
The whereabouts of the third colony ship, the America, has remained a mystery. No one knows where in the Milky Way it went or even if it survived; Grady Henricks intends to go and find out. There are two dangerous civilizations that could destroy Melbourne if either of them discovers its existence. The aliens that destroyed Britannia, as well as Earth, have huge fleets of warships that greatly outnumber the forces Melbourne has available to defend it; construction of new warships is currently the prime focus of their government. Finding America is going to make the situation even more dangerous.
Excerpt: Saving America
Maranda whipped the ship left and said, “Des, I’ve designated three ships directly above and behind us. Lock a missile on them and be prepared to launch!”
The missile box dropped out of the bottom of the rabbit and the covers over the front tubes raised. “They’re locked in Maranda!” Des announced.
Maranda snapped the ship around and went to maximum thrusters. The Brer Rabbit roared in on the three designated ships and Desmond launched the missiles. The three Fagan warships exploded, and the Brer Rabbit flew through the middle of them at its fastest speed. Maranda shut down all thrusters and used the bow air thrusters to turn the ship. She used maximum pressure and the Brer Rabbit turned vertical as hundreds of Fagan warships accelerated on the line it had taken out of the globe. Maranda kept her eye on the tactical monitor and moved the ship with the air thrusters whenever a Fagan ship moved close. In thirty minutes, the ship was clear of their formations and moving directly away from their former position. “How were they able to detect us, Maranda?”
“It had to be the gravity thrusters, Des. The Fagan don’t use gravity drives, but they must be able to detect gravity anomalies. I’m keeping the gravity system shut down and if we need to move quickly, I’ll cover the rear thrusters with their covers.”
The pace picks up and you'll find it hard to put the story down. Some decisions are difficult to make.; this is especially true in Saving America.
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
The planet the Britannia Colony Ship settled has been destroyed by an advanced alien civilization. Its cities were laid waste and burned to the ground by orbital bombardment from a thousand alien warships. Many of Britannia’s survivors were moved to, Melbourne, the second colony which was founded by the Australia, but many chose to remain behind; they died when the aliens returned a year later and killed every one still alive on the planet.
Grady and Taffy Henricks, along with Rory and Abby Dunhan, are committed to distracting Earth and the aliens from discovering Melbourne’s location. For over two years they have been using two small advanced warships which Grady developed to harass their enemies and keep them fighting against each other. However, the aliens have discovered Earth’s location and the war between them is taking on a new direction and intensity. The coming confrontation is going to be cataclysmic.
The whereabouts of the third colony ship, the America, has remained a mystery. No one knows where in the Milky Way it went or even if it survived; Grady Henricks intends to go and find out. There are two dangerous civilizations that could destroy Melbourne if either of them discovers its existence. The aliens that destroyed Britannia, as well as Earth, have huge fleets of warships that greatly outnumber the forces Melbourne has available to defend it; construction of new warships is currently the prime focus of their government. Finding America is going to make the situation even more dangerous.
Excerpt: Saving America
Maranda whipped the ship left and said, “Des, I’ve designated three ships directly above and behind us. Lock a missile on them and be prepared to launch!”
The missile box dropped out of the bottom of the rabbit and the covers over the front tubes raised. “They’re locked in Maranda!” Des announced.
Maranda snapped the ship around and went to maximum thrusters. The Brer Rabbit roared in on the three designated ships and Desmond launched the missiles. The three Fagan warships exploded, and the Brer Rabbit flew through the middle of them at its fastest speed. Maranda shut down all thrusters and used the bow air thrusters to turn the ship. She used maximum pressure and the Brer Rabbit turned vertical as hundreds of Fagan warships accelerated on the line it had taken out of the globe. Maranda kept her eye on the tactical monitor and moved the ship with the air thrusters whenever a Fagan ship moved close. In thirty minutes, the ship was clear of their formations and moving directly away from their former position. “How were they able to detect us, Maranda?”
“It had to be the gravity thrusters, Des. The Fagan don’t use gravity drives, but they must be able to detect gravity anomalies. I’m keeping the gravity system shut down and if we need to move quickly, I’ll cover the rear thrusters with their covers.”
The pace picks up and you'll find it hard to put the story down. Some decisions are difficult to make.; this is especially true in Saving America.
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
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