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Commando — book one of the Royal Marine Space Commandos

Military Science Fiction

Royal Marine Space Commandos

In the far future, humanity has spread to the stars and the Royal Navy's Marines defend the colonies. With personality backups everywhere and a new clone body hours away, death is just an occupational hazard — until an alien species wages all-out war.

6Novels
01Start: Commando
Deathless War saga
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Book One

Commando

A young lieutenant. A fleet of alien invaders. Will first contact be humanity's last stand?

In his short military career, Lieutenant Warden has already battled insurgents, criminal gangs and intergalactic pirates. When a distant colony sends out a distress signal, his commandos can't wait to transfer their consciousness and launch their clone bodies into action — but no amount of enthusiasm could prepare Warden for humanity's first alien encounter, and the bloodbath that follows.

When his captain falls, Warden assumes command. Outmanned and outgunned, he must find a way to stop the aliens before they slaughter an entire colony.

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Book Two

Guerrilla

A ruthless invasion. An outmatched colony. A commando's last-chance offensive.

Lieutenant Warden barely survived the relentless attack on the New Bristol colony, with orders to hold his post until support arrives. But when he learns of a nearby enemy base that could wipe out far more than the colony, his mission turns from protective to suicidal.

To save countless lives, Warden must raid an unstoppable enemy and take out one of the most powerful warships in the galaxy — with one chance to get it right.

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Book Three

Ascendant

A stolen enemy warship. A galaxy on the brink of war. Their deadliest undercover mission yet.

Captain Warden has no time to celebrate his promotion. Teamed with a Royal Navy lieutenant, he's tasked with infiltrating the enemy's heavily militarised star system in a hijacked warship crewed by stolen clone bodies — where one wrong move turns the mission into an execution.

Racing to uncover the secrets of the Deathless, Warden makes a bold move: kidnapping a high-ranking officer. Now, with the entire enemy fleet in pursuit, he must conduct an interrogation in the middle of a battle he might not walk away from.

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Book Four

Gunboat

A space fleet in shambles. A captain facing annihilation. There's never been a better time to play dirty.

Lieutenant Commander Cohen is furious. After his admiral's questionable tactics decimate all but two of their ships, he needs to get back to New Bristol fast — but with a damaged hyperspace drive, the survivors are sitting ducks for a ruthless enemy.

To repair his ship, Cohen must engage a mysterious asteroid-based faction in a trade that could make or break the war, with the whole plan resting on one impeccable battle strategy and a single tiny ship.

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Book Five

Dreadnought

An orbital museum, pressed back into service. A desperate rescue, deep in enemy territory.

Lieutenant Commander Cohen has been given command of a relic — an orbital museum dragged back into service by a desperate Royal Navy. After a hasty refit, he takes Dreadnought on a rescue mission deep into enemy territory to retrieve an admiral taken hostage by the Deathless.

If the interrogators break Admiral Morgan first, the Deathless gain a wealth of classified intelligence and an unbeatable advantage. Will Dreadnought even survive the voyage?

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Book Six

Fleet

Hunted by a superior foe out for revenge — can Dreadnought survive?

Commodore Cohen wants to cripple the Koschite Republic's war effort by destroying their enormous shipyard at U-235 — but after losing two fleets to Deathless ambushes, the Royal Navy can't risk another failed attack.

When Admiral Tomsk recognises his chance for revenge against the man he sees as his nemesis, he pursues Cohen with a brand-new flagship, certain he will finally sink his battleship. Will Tomsk get his wish, or will Cohen overcome him once more?

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