Rising Tides - Destroyermen

Zusatztext Praise for the Destroyermen series   “Taylor Anderson...[has] steamed to the forefront of alternative history.”—E. E. Knight! national bestselling author   “A new! genuinely different ‘alternate Earth’ story.”—David Weber!  New York Times  bestselling author   “Gripping and riveting...I look forward to the unfolding of this series and his subsequent work.”—S.M. Stirling!  New York Times  bestselling author   “Pick up the Destroyermen series and kick back and enjoy.”—SFRevu   “Action sci-fi doesn’t get significantly better than this.”— Booklist   “Simply put! this is great stuff.”—Fresh Fiction Informationen zum Autor Taylor Anderson Klappentext "Taylor Anderson is one of the best at military science fiction as his plots combine cerebral thought-provoking issues within a great adventure tale; the alternate realm of the Destroyermen saga is worth the journey."-Alternative Worlds Lieutenant Commander Matthew Reddy of USS Walker has found an unlikely ally in Commodore Jenks of the New Britain Imperial Navy. And now they are united in their desire to find a traitor who abducted the women they would die for: Reddy's love! nurse Sandra Ticker! and young Princess Rebecca of the New British Empire. But when Reddy and Jenks report the situation to the New Britain Company! it soon becomes obvious that the ruthless Company is attempting to overthrow the Imperial throne-and that someone involved knows where Sandra and Rebecca are. And Reddy must navigate through a tempest of politics! deception! and betrayal if he is ever going to save the hostages and live to fight another day… View images from Rising Tides by Taylor Anderson. Chapter 9 Eastern Sea When Walker sounded her "drowning goose" general quarters alarm for predawn battle stations, Matt was surprised to hear the thunder of drums on the ships nearby, sending their own crews to action stations. He remembered that Jenks had expressed interest in the practice several times. Evidently, Matt's explanation that they did it because dawn was a dangerous time of day when enemy ships—and in their "old" war, submarines in particular—might see their silhouette before they saw the enemy, had made eminent sense to the Imperial commodore. It looked like Jenks was beginning to institute the practice among all the ships of his command. That was certainly for the good—if they all became true allies someday. Matt realized, however, that he might have given away a serious advantage if the Empire and Alliance ever found themselves on opposite sides. Oh, well, it couldn't be helped. Right now, they had the same cause and they needed their friends to be prepared That morning, instead of standing down into a morning routine, Matt gave the order to "make all preparations for getting underway." Sparks began to rise from nearby stacks, and black and gray smoke curled into the air as Walker and the "squadron," consisting of Achilles , Icarus , and Ulysses , raised steam and prepared to pull their hooks. Their immediate destination was an old Imperial outpost—probably the first. Jenks said the island, called Respite, was the first hospitable place his ancestors had encountered on their voyage to the East, and it was there they'd rested, victualed, and taken on fresh water before continuing in search of the most remote place they could find. Some few had stayed, tired of the seemingly endless journey, and Respite had been almost constantly inhabited ever since. Over time, it became the regional capital of all the surrounding islands and until recently, the western frontier of the Empire. It had been to one of the newer, slightly more northwestern outposts under Respite's jurisdiction that Rebecca's one-armed protector, Sean O'Casey, had been fleeing the Imperial hangman after an unsuccessful rebellion against C...

Product details

• Authors: Taylor Anderson
• Publisher: Ace Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.10.2011
• EAN: 9780451464064
• ISBN: 978-0-451-46406-4
• No. of pages: 496
• Dimensions: 107 mm x 171 mm x 32 mm
• Series: Destroyermen (Paperback); Destroyermen; Destroyermen
• Subject: Fiction > Science fiction, fantasy