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      The Independent Command

      by S.M. Stirling; James Doohan
      Published
      Nov 2000
      Main Genre
      Science Fiction Sci-Fi
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      416
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      Series
      Flight Engineer Book 3

      About This Book

      THEY'RE SWARMING FOR THE KILL . . .
      AND WE ARE THE PREY

      Everybody knows how despicable the alien Fibians are. They show no mercy and find human flesh delectable. Fielding a gigantic starfleet against Earth and its colonies, they march like the giant spiders they resemble through. humanity's nightmares, and soon they will march across its devastated worlds.

      Peter Raeder--former fighter pilot, starship flight engineer, and unorthodox war hero--and his ship, Invincible have a desperate mission: to hit the enemy behind the lines. It's a suicide mission, and the battle drives Raeder deeper into alien space than he'd ever intended to go, his ship too damaged ever to return home. And then he discovers that the monstrous Fibians may not be monsters after all.. ..

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      Book 3
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      Speculative Fiction

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      Science Fiction Space Opera

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      Dec 2001 Baen ISBN13 9780671318512 ISBN10 0671318519
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      First Edition Nov 2000 Baen ISBN13 9780671319519 ISBN10 0671319515
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      Nov 2001 Baen Publishing Enterprises ISBN13 9781618243102 ISBN10 1618243101
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      Nov 2001 Baen ISBN13 2940148524458
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      Nov 2001 Baen ISBN10 B00APA1AE0
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