Glory (Martelle)

One last chance for Glory. One last hope for humanity.A ship pulled out of mothballs by the original crew, sent to fight a war humanity was losing.Glory barely survived its last battle twenty years earlier. Captain Drake resigned rather than face court martial. But the enemy is back. Humanity needs everything that can fly.Maybe it's not the ship at all, but the crew. They hold the key.Drake rallies old and young alike to comply with orders so secret, even he wasn't allowed to see them until after the ship left the junkyard. Would it leave? That was another question. The core hadn't been fired in twenty years.The smell of decay filled the massive ship's corridors. The stench of death lingered, the death of Drake's crew, a nightmare from long ago.The Paragon have weapons that humanity couldn't contemplate. But here they were, suing for peace. The people of Earth jumped at the carrot. The end of war! Could it be too good to be true?Drake had his orders from an admiral who knew too much. Glory must launch.And with it, the fate of humanity rested on the shoulders of a broken crew, carrying a weapon like no other, hoping for one clear shot.One last chance for Glory. I'm retired from the Marine Corps, spending time both as enlisted and as an officer. Then I went to law school, took my law degree into business consulting where I became a business diagnostics specialist and leadership coach. I retired from that at age 52 because I was away from home way too much. That's when I started writing full time, and I have not looked back since. This is a great ride! I have a variety of stories now since I've been at this for a little while, lots of short stories so you can see if you like my style. I have a number of best selling novels in categories that matter to me - space opera, military scifi, Space Marine, colonization, and genetic engineering. As a serial daydreamer, it's nice to finally get the stories on paper (virtual and digital paper, that is).Visit my web page, craigmartelle.com for the latest posts and updates or find me on Facebook, Author Craig Martelle. Send an email to craig@craigmartelle.com to join my mailing list for the latest on new releases, information on old releases, and anything related to my books.

Glory rises from the carnage of the Battle for Earth. Humanity is shell-shocked by how close they came to extinction. Humans don’t know what to do, but they trust their leaders, who are turning to Admiral Jack. And he looks to Glory, Captain Drake, and her crew. With the loss of the planet killer, the Paragon will seek vengeance. They have become even more dangerous because they no longer have to maintain the veil of subterfuge. Their goal hasn’t changed. Death to humanity. Humans. The scrappiest fighters of all the sentient races. But can they stand up to the technologically superior Paragon?

Glory flies point in the war against the Paragon. Humanity is stretched thin. After the main shipyard is heavily damaged, the enemy advances with a fresh offensive, and losses are piling up with no hope of building replacements. How can the surviving Fleet stand up to the new onslaught?The Paragon have been weakened, but they still outnumber the humans. And now they're angry.Relics of the past. Mothballed ships and forgotten warriors, waiting for their names to be called again. The ship from a war fought long ago. Glory as a paradigm for the future.How can Drake, Glory, and her crew resurrect them in time?Pick up the third installment in this epic military science fiction series today. I'm retired from the Marine Corps, spending time both as enlisted and as an officer. Then I went to law school, took my law degree into business consulting where I became a business diagnostics specialist and leadership coach. I retired from that at age 52 because I was away from home way too much. That's when I started writing full time, and I have not looked back since. This is a great ride! I have a variety of stories now since I've been at this for a little while, lots of short stories so you can see if you like my style. I have a number of best selling novels in categories that matter to me - space opera, military scifi, Space Marine, colonization, and genetic engineering. As a serial daydreamer, it's nice to finally get the stories on paper (virtual and digital paper, that is).Visit my web page, craigmartelle.com for the latest posts and updates or find me on Facebook, Author Craig Martelle. Send an email to craig@craigmartelle.com to join my mailing list for the latest on new releases, information on old releases, and anything related to my books.

Glory leads the way as Drake convinces Earth to cut out the heart of their enemy. A ghost fleet of warships, raised from the ashes, with Glory at their head. The Paragon are on their heels. The time to strike is now. Out of sight might be out of mind, but it’s the right thing to do. Drake doesn’t care about the fickle whims of humanity’s support and how easily they had been manipulated in the past. He stays above the noise as long as the bureaucracy stays out of his business, and his business is war. Captain Drake takes the aged warriors of the ghost fleet deep into enemy space. Cut-off from Earth, they alone will determine if humanity can achieve dominance within the galaxy to establish peace, keep the war far away. But the Paragon have their own plans. The greater the reward, the greater the risk. On a pitched battlefield, head-to-head, nowhere to run, who comes out on top? Will it be defeat? Or Glory?

Glory goes after the biggest prize in human history. Drake has a chance to end the war. Plans change. The Ghost Fleet's assault on the Paragon has succeeded beyond Drake's wildest dreams and even with the monumental fleet victory, there’s more. They’ve trapped the Paragon god-king. He’s vulnerable, but so is the fleet. Going after him risks losing everything. It's a once-in-a-millennia opportunity, but it means holding out against the legion of Paragon reinforcements. The enemy is sending EVERYONE to save their king, their god. The great eye of the galaxy suddenly swings to this single star system. What happens there will determine the fate of humanity for generations to come. Can Drake catch the Paragon Supreme? Can the Ghost Fleet survive what will be one of the largest battles in human history?