Duel in the Dark
Blood on the Stars I (Volume 1)
by Jay Allan
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appears in Space Opera, Science Fiction, and Science.
War is coming.The Confederation battleship Dauntless has spent ten months patrolling the border, alone, watching for an attack from the enemy Union. Her crew is exhausted and the aging vessel needs repairs. With the fleet mobilized, and the forward bases overloaded beyond capacity, she is sent clear across the Confederation, to a base along the pea...
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