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#1 Kinship War

Doug Dandridge, Bill Fawcett

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Miscellaneous
14 July 2021

War & combat fiction; Science fiction; Space opera; Aliens; First Contact; Space Opera; Space Exploration; Military

Series: Kinship War

""KINSHIP WAR: CONTACT is well written and an extremely well-thought-through, complex military SF novel with enough action for any reader.""-David Drake (Bestselling author of Hammer's Slammers)

Kinship Wars: Contact is the explosive first book in an exciting new series by Doug Dandridge, author of the popular 'Empires at War' series.

Montana is a newly independent colony, home to both colonizing humans and the Xakalar, who are native to the planet. When deposits of an extremely rare mineral are discovered on the Montana, everyone's eyes focus on the small colony...and everyone wants a piece of the planet.

Matt Chin (a human) and Xelarn (a Xakalar) have grown up like brothers on Montana and are trying to navigate the prejudices and tensions that outsiders are bringing to their colony. But this is the least of their problems.

News from afar reaches the colony that there is a massive alien fleet attacking human colonies across the breadth of space...a fleet that seems to be controlled by aliens who look very much like the Xakalars that share Montana with the humans and who may be the key to either the survival of the human race, or their ultimate destruction.

""Doug Dandridge has penned a real page turner of military science fiction, kicking off what promises to be an epic interstellar saga. He begins with a compelling mystery, and introduces some nice surprises amid a mix of thrilling space battles and intriguing alien-human interaction. Along the way, his inventive takes on galactic travel and star-to-star communications underscore a naval adventure inspired by the finest traditions of Patrick O'Brian and C.

S Forester.""-Douglas Niles (Bestselling author of Forgotten Realms: The Moonshae Trilogy and War of the Worlds: New Millennium)

By: Doug Dandridge
Edited by: Bill Fawcett
Imprint: Miscellaneous
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 1
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 431g
ISBN: 9781647100094
ISBN 10: 1647100097
Series: Kinship War
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 14 July 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Doug Dandridge: Author Doug Dandridge is a writer, primarily, of military science fiction. His specialty is using his own military experience (Marine Corps JROTC, Active Duty Army and Florida National Guard) and interest in science to create realistic worlds and systems as well as detailed combat. He has written a number of military SF series, including Exodus, The Phases of Mars and The Revelations Cycle. Lives in: Tallahassee, FL Bill Fawcett: Editor Bill Fawcett is a science fiction and fantasy editor, anthologist, writer and game designer. He has edited a number of very successful military SF series, including Battlestation (with David Drake). Lives in: Barrington, IL

Reviews for Contact (#1 Kinship War)

Doug Dandridge has penned a real page turner of military science fiction, kicking off what promises to be an epic interstellar saga. He begins with a compelling mystery, and introduces some nice surprises amid a mix of thrilling space battles and intriguing alien-human interaction. Along the way, his inventive takes on galactic travel and star-to-star communications underscore a naval adventure inspired by the finest traditions of Patrick O’Brian and C.S Forester. -- Douglas Niles