The Prides of Sol — Rod Rogers

The Prides of Sol continues the story begun in A Nepenthean Solution, and extended with The Flight of the Solar Archangel.

In this chronicle, mankind has endured a thousand years of adversity. After the initial conflict in the twenty-first century, civilization began a long, slow collapse. By the twenty-fifth, Earth had been reduced to a barren, desolate wasteland - a small remnant of society remaining, and it under constant assault by the invader. Solar Archangel - an eleventh hour attempt to find salvation succeeds and the enemy phalanx withers under nuclear fire. In the five following peaceful centuries mankind has recovered, and rebuilt. The human spirit burns bright and the Earth flourishes
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But, it's not over. Again, the Oo'ahan Hegemony approaches. No longer in stealth, no longer with covert agents and subterfuge. This time it's a two-pronged assault. An enemy within and a massive armada of invincible ships, now assembling deep in space - destination: Sol.

Maybe there's hope yet, for Sam Weber is back. A man of few words - a thousand-year-old warrior who has seen and done it all - now underground in search of an age-old enemy lair. The Hunter Brigade is gone, but in its place, Weber leads the RECON units of the Solar Marines.

Adam Devery is back, and he has changed. Tempered in the forge of battle during the Grim War, tutored by the best of the best, he now commands three corps of Solar Marines.

Stan Wozniak is back as head of state in the island nation of Avalon, situated on the Cape Verde Islands. Like the myth of old, Avalon provides the spark of light to kindle the dawn of New Earth. It leads humanity back from the brink and upward to the stars. It provides the starships, the FTL drive, and the men and women to take the battle to the enemy.
 
Ed Baylor is back. Recovered from radiation sickness and the mental malaise that crippled him five hundred years before, he is a high-ranking officer in the Avalon Navy, charged with running the Naval Flight Academy.

Wes Safford returns as the Grand Admiral leading two fleets into space - to meet the ancient enemy in defense of Earth, to destroy him and end the endless war.

Adela Simmons is back. Out of the Army and into the Navy. A flight officer of exceptional skill - what else would one expect? Small of stature and gutsy as hell. An ace with an attitude. This is her story, a twisting path through a personal perdition. One that brings her face to face with the most powerful of the enemy - takes her far from Earth, and back to the ancient roots of humanity. To a new world, with a new future. There's no looking back.

In Prides of Sol, we learn of the Danua who had seeded Earth, and of the long-dormant city of Mu'rias on Danu in the Tir Na n'Og system. The circle is now complete, for humankind has reseeded Danu.

The Children of Danu, Part One, tells of the origins of  the circle and hints at the future. Fall 2011