In Fury Born (Fury)

mass market paperback, 864 pages

English language

Published July 31, 2007 by Baen.

ISBN:
978-1-4165-2131-0
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Set about 1,000 years in the future, mankind has spread to occupy 1,800 worlds with an average of ~1 billion population each. After fratricidal wars, mankind has been forced to unify in the face of the Rishathan, an aggressive alien civilisation. This is the story of Alicia DeVries, from the time she is about 14 until age 30. She chooses a military career, first in the Marines, then she is selected for the crack Cadre, the Emperor’s personal liege corps. There are several well-told action situations as she moves along in her career, first in the Marines then in the Cadre. Then at about age 25, she resigns her commission in bitterness over what she considers a soft attitude of the Empire’s authorities toward a fellow officer who betrayed her battalion into a Rishathan trap.

She joins her parents, brother and sister and other family members in a homestead on …

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  • Fiction
  • Fiction - Science Fiction
  • Science Fiction
  • Science Fiction - Adventure
  • Science Fiction - High Tech
  • Science Fiction - Military
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  • Science Fiction - General
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