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The Council Wars

This saga fuses a hard science fiction vision with elements of epic fantasy. The narrative follows an expansive interstellar conflict where advanced technologies clash with ancient, almost magical power. It's a gripping tale of warfare, politics, and survival across the galaxy. Readers who enjoy military sci-fi and fantasy will find themselves immersed in a world of action and unexpected turns.

Council Wars: East of the Sun, West of the Moon
Emerald Sea
Against the Tide
There Will Be Dragons

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  1. 1

    There Will Be Dragons

    • 752 pages
    • 27 hours of reading
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    In the future there is no want, no war, no disease nor ill-timed death. The world is a paradise-and then, in a moment, it ends. The council that controls the Net falls out and goes to war. Everywhere people who have never known a moment of want or pain are left wondering how to survive. But scattered across the face of the earth are communities which have returned to the natural life of soil and small farm. In the village of Raven's Mill, Edmund Talbot, master smith and unassuming historian, finds that all the problems of the world are falling in his lap. Refugees are flooding in, bandits are roaming the woods, and his former lover and his only daughter struggle through the Fallen landscape. Enemies, new and old, gather like jackals around a wounded lion. But what the jackals do not know is that while old he may be, this lion is far from death. And hidden in the past is a mystery that has waited until this time to be revealed. You cross Edmund Talbot at your peril, for a smith is not all he once was. . . .

    There Will Be Dragons
  2. 2

    Emerald Sea

    • 441 pages
    • 16 hours of reading
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    Set against a backdrop of high seas adventure, this sequel features a thrilling mix of dragons, orcas, and enchanting mermaids. The story is driven by the charismatic Bast, a Wood Elf with a unique blend of charm and bravado reminiscent of beloved characters from fantasy lore. The narrative promises excitement and humor as it explores fantastical elements and vibrant characters in a captivating maritime world.

    Emerald Sea
  3. 3

    Against the Tide

    • 560 pages
    • 20 hours of reading
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    In the distant future, the world was a paradise-and then, in a moment, it was ended by the first war in centuries. People who had known godlike power, to whom hunger and pain were completely unknown, desperately scrabbled to survive. As the United Free States, the bastion of freedom and center of opposition to the tyrants of New Destiny, prepared for the long-feared invasion by the Changed legions of Ropasa, Edmund Talbot realized that bureaucratic ineptitude and overconfidence was setting the USF naval forces of ships and dragons up for a disastrous defeat at sea. His fears came true, and the destruction of the fleet seemingly left the UFS open for a full scale invasion. But Talbot had new concepts and strategies ready to put into effect, along with new technical innovations from his brilliant engineer. He survived an assassination attempt and quickly assembled a formidable land force combining cavalry, longbowmen, Roman style legions, and dragons for airborne assault. The fascist forces of New Destiny thought that their war was all but concluded, and world domination within their grasp. Edmund Talbot was ready to show them just how wrong they were. . . .

    Against the Tide
  4. 4

    When the council that controlled the world-spanning computer Mother fell out in civil war, it plunged the world in an instant from high-tech utopia to medieval nightmare. Now Herzer Herrick and Megan Trevante have been assigned the mission to capture the spaceship that supplies the fuel for all of Earth. Given that Herzer vaguely thinks orbital decay is something having to do with teeth it should be . . . interesting. With all the usual combat expected in a John Ringo novel, East of the Sun and West of the Moon sheds new light on the bizarre relationship between Herzer and Megan, the politics of the new born world and fascinating details of space technology battles.

    Council Wars: East of the Sun, West of the Moon