If you’re still on the fence about jumping into the series that has landed three #2 overall spots on the Amazon Kindle(science fiction), just listen to what readers have to say:
“Great read, where is the next one?”
“Riveting! The characters in this book took action to a new level.”
“Great characters in a Great story! I can’t wait for the next book!”
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I just read the Fleet book one, great read, funny thing I read “the colony” prior and did realize that it was the same author….very cool!
I appreciate that. The Fleet is actually an extension of the Gunship series, which is ongoing(9 and counting) and Dalton James gets more mail here than I do.