Astral War: Prope Terram

The Sequel to "Return to Centaurus"

by JAMES KREHAN


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Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 2/18/2004

Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 292
ISBN : 9780595311828
Format : E-Book
Dimensions : N/A
Page Count : 292
ISBN : 9780595760084

About the Book

A TERRIBLE WAR HAS BROKEN OUT AMONG THE STARS. IT IS A WAR BETWEEN EARTHMEN AND THEIR HUMANOID COUSINS OVER MINING RIGHTS ON CERTAIN PLANETS.

CHRISTOPHER LYONS IS GIVEN COMMAND OF A STARSHIP AND HE JOINS THE FLEET FROM PLANET EARTH THAT COMBINES WITH THE FLEETS FROM ALPHA CENTAURI AND BARNARD'S STAR.

THE AIM OF THIS ALLIANCE IS TO DEFEAT EMPEROR RAXOR AND HIS AMBITIOUS FRIENDS, WHO PLAN TO EXTEND RAXOR'S EMPIRE NO MATTER WHAT THE COST.

THE WAR ESCALATES AND INVOLVES MANY STAR SYSTEMS. THE SUFFERING INTENSIFIES AND SUPERNATURAL FORCES INTERFERE WITH THE WAR'S PROGRESS.

THIS IS A WAR WAGED ON EVERY LEVEL IMAGINABLE.

LOVE, ADVENTURE, SPACE WARFARE, JOURNEYS TO MANY STARS, THE OCCULT AND RELIGION-THIS STORY HAS THEM ALL AND MORE!

JOIN THE SPACEFLEET FROM EARTH IN ITS WAR WITH EXTRATERRESTRIALS-A WAR SET IN THE 22ND CENTURY AD!

IT IS A WAR THAT TAKES PLACE CLOSE TO PLANET EARTH!


About the Author

THIS BOOK IS THE RESULT OF TWO AND A HALF YEARS OF RESEARCH INTO ASTRONOMY AND MODERN SPACE TRAVEL. MOST OF THE RESEARCH WAS DONE IN THE OPEN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY IN MILTON KEYNES, UK.

THIS IS THE THIRD BOOK IN A SERIES OF NOVELS ABOUT THE ALPHA CENTAURI CONSTELLATION AND THE NEIGHBOURING STAR SYSTEMS. I HAVE SET THE STORY IN THE NEAR FUTURE AND ALL THE PROPER NAMES OF STARS AND LOCATIONS ON EARTH THAT ARE MENTIONED ARE REAL.

JAMES KREHAN LIVES IN MILTON KEYNES QUITE CLOSE TO THE OPEN UNIVERSITY. HE IS INDEBTED TO THE STAFF OF THE OPEN UNIVERSITY LIBRARY FOR THEIR HELP IN PROVIDING THE RESOURCES THAT HELPED HIM CARRY OUT THE RESEARCH NEEDED TO WRITE THIS BOOK.