Breakthrough - Fleet, Bk 3 Author:David Drake (Editor), Bill Fawcett (Editor) They've tasted defeat. Now the men and women of the Fleet live only for victory. Pledged to protect us all The soldiers of the Alliance come from different worlds, different cultures. But they share a common mission: to reclaim occupied space from the savage Khalian invaders. The ruthless aliens, armed with lasers and plasm... more »a cannons, have overrun our colonies with their warships and spies. Now mankind's fighting back -- searching for the Khalian home world. It's a desperate mission of intergalactic seek-and-destroy. And even across a thousand light years, the best defense is still... the Fleet. The Fleet is mankind's last line of defense against the vicious Khalia. This is their story -- told by the masters of this universe.
Contents:
Interludes [The Fleet] / short fiction by Bill Fawcett
The Murder of Halley's Comet [The Fleet] / novelette by David Drake and Larry Niven
Suicide Mission [The Fleet] / short story by Christopher Stasheff
Character Flaw [The Fleet] / short story by Steve Perry
Long Shot [The Fleet] / novelette by Diane Duane and Peter Morwood
Battle Off Dead Star 31 [The Fleet] / novelette by Gary Gygax [as by E. Gary Gygax]
Double Blind [The Fleet] / novelette by Janny Wurts
Khasara [The Fleet] / novelette by Robert Sheckley
Indie [The Fleet] / short story by Shariann Lewitt [as by S. N. Lewitt]
A Family Business [The Fleet]/ short story by Karen Haber
Promotion [The Fleet] / short story by Bill Fawcett
Crossing the Line [The Fleet] / short story by Jody Lynn Nye
Bad Luck [The Fleet] / novelette by Janet Morris
Team Effort [The Fleet] / novelette by David Drake