Ark Royal Series by Christopher Nuttall
Ark Royal #11
The Cruel Stars
Christopher Nuttall
The Royal Navy never expected to fight a full-scale interstellar war.
Everyone knew the Great Powers would never risk everything on armed
conflict, when there was plenty of room for everyone in outer space.
But when a hostile alien force stumbles across humanity’s handful of
colony worlds, the Great Powers must set aside their differences and
fight to preserve humanity from utter destruction.Desperate for
starships and manpower, the Royal Navy embarks upon an ambitious plan of
converting freighters into makeshift carriers and recruiting reservists
and criminals to fill the ranks. Classed as expendable, the small
carriers will be given the most dangerous missions to slow a remorseless
alien foe ...... And the pardons their crews have been offered will be meaningless if they die.
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Ark Royal #13
Para Bellum
Christopher Nuttall
On her last mission, HMS Invincible discovered an alien threat beyond human understanding: a sentient virus that has already absorbed a number of intelligent races into its multitude and now intends to do the same to humanity. Defeat means the end of everything, the end of existence as nothing more than mindless host-bodies, the end of humanity and its alien allies alike. The stakes could not be higher.As a deeply divided humanity struggles to prepare a defence, with enemies inside and outside the human sphere just lurking to strike, Invincible is sent deep into alien space on what should have been a simple reconnaissance mission. But, as Captain Shields and his crew begin their mission, it rapidly becomes clear that a juggernaut is bearing down on Earth ...... And, no matter what they do, they may never make it home again.
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Ark Royal #14
The Right of the Line
Christopher Nuttall
The war is on the verge of being lost.The alien virus has begun its offensive, punching through the human defences and sending advance elements to threaten Earth itself. HMS Invincible and her crew, having barely returned from their last mission, are thrown into a desperate mission to strengthen the inner line of defences before the virus can smash them too and destroy the human race. The stakes have never been so high. Defeat means the end of everything.But when the virus continues its offensive, brushing through all opposition, Invincible must mount a desperate raid deep into enemy space to win time for the human race ...... Or watch, helplessly, as humanity faces a fate worse than death ...
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