The Confederated Worlds - Raymund Eich

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Résumé :
A thousand years from now, while Earth sleeps in virtual reality, three polities-the Confederated Worlds, the Unity, and the Progressive Republic-strive to connect the scattered, terraformed worlds of humankind by artificial wormholes. When they meet, they clash, in a decades-long struggle of arms that will embroil every human world, in which dedication to duty liberates worlds-and oneself. The first three novels in The Confederated Worlds series are now available in one volume. TAKE THE SHILLING The Confederated Worlds implanted in his brain the skills to make him a soldier. Tomas had to learn for himself how to survive interstellar war. OPERATION IAGO The Confederated Worlds lost the war. Can Lt. Tomas Neumann win the peace against elusive, deceptive foes out to turn the Confederated Worlds against itself? A BODYGUARD OF LIES Assigned to the halls of power, only Capt. Tomas Neumann can save the Confederated Worlds from the ultimate treachery....

Biographie:
Raymund Eich is a science fiction and fantasy writer whose middleAmerican upbringing is a launchpad for journeys to the ends of theuniverse. His most popular works are military science fiction seriesThe Confederated Worlds (novels Take theShilling, Operation Iago, and A Bodyguard ofLies) and the Stone Chalmers series of sciencefiction espionage adventures (novels The Progress of Mankind,The Greater Glory of God, To All High EmpriseConsecrated, and In Public Convocation Assembled). He hasabout ten other published novels and over twenty published shortstories. His works are available worldwide in ebook, trade paperback,and audiobook editions. Raymund lives in Houston with his family. His website ishttp://raymundeich.com....

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Raymund Eich is a science fiction and fantasy writer whose middle American upbringing is a launchpad for journeys to the ends of the universe. His most popular works are military science fiction series The Confederated Worlds (novels Take the Shilling, Operation Iago, and A Bodyguard of Lies) and the Stone Chalmers series of science fiction espionage adventures (novels The Freeland Vendetta, The Trinity Deception, The Minerva Conspiracy, and The Terra Betrayal). He has over ten other published book-length works and more than forty published short stories. His short fiction has appeared in Odyssey, Analog, Boundary Shock Quarterly, and the anthology Surviving Tomorrow, and has earned honorable mentions and a semi-finalist award in the Writers of the Future contest.His works are available worldwide in ebook, trade paperback, and audiobook editions. After circling the world by age five, he grew up in the Ozark Mountains of southwest Missouri. He earned a B.A. and a Ph.D., both in biochemistry, from Rice University. Though he's no longer a working scientist, hundreds of papers cite his graduate research. In addition to his writing career, he works in patent law, won a national quiz bowl championship, is a husband and father, and agrees with Robert Heinlein that specialization is for insects. He lives in Houston with his wife, son, and daughter. His last name has one syllable and is pronounced eye-sh. He can be found online at https://raymundeich.com....