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What if the first shots of the Second World War were fired not in Europe, but in North America? In this gripping alternate history, the Great Depression pushes President Herbert Hoover to a desperate decision—war. Spurred on by the enigmatic fascist William Dudley Pelley, Hoover chooses Canada as the target, launching a surprise invasion based on the real War Plan Red. The result is a global shockwave. From poison gas in Halifax to Canadian troops storming American cities, from Nazis in Germany seizing the moment to rise and strike west, to Japan launching a devastating surprise attack on...

What if the Great Depression led not to recovery, but to global devastation? In an alternate timeline the world descends into chaos years ahead of schedule. Hitler consolidates power in Germany, Japan strikes in the Pacific, and colonial empires brace for upheaval. From the overrun countries of Europe to the jungles of Guadalcanal, from London’s bombed streets to the secret war waged by SOE agents in occupied Europe, 1933 is a sweeping reimagining of the Second World War’s beginnings—one that starts years too early and consumes the globe in its furnace. Tanks thunder. Fighters scream....

Auron Mallick, his marines and his Navy associates work to uncover and eliminate the pirate network that is still attempting to establish itself in the Galactic Union. Undercover at times, the Marines reconnoitre the enemy and capture them where they can, as the Galactic Union Navy does the same with the ships, with Marine aid.

The old Galactic Empire fell apart over a millennium ago, after a series of civil wars. Now it seems as though it might still be out there. The new Galactic Union, risen from part of the old Empire, finds links to Empire when searching for their rogue Senator, who had fled the Union. Traders and Navy combine to form a new Service, the Scout Service, to track down the senator and any threat to the Union.

Jasper Finn, the great-great-great-great (great to the 5th as he says) grandson of Huckleberry Finn couldn't stand the polite society that he was being pushed towards, so he ran away from home, hoping to follow in the footsteps of his great-to-the-fifth grandpappy,. This book tells the tales of Japer Finn running off and joining a space Trader crew, and the adventures he encounters as part of that crew, making friends along the way, learning lessons on life and earning his way amongst the stars.

Jael is a farmer's son with his head in the clouds. well, not just the clouds but the stars beyond them. His dream is to join the Merchant Academy and become a trader between the stars. Along with friends he makes at the Academy, will his dream come true?

After training at the academy and helping find a lost planet, Jael and his friends have their own merchant ship. They work together, and with their old friends and colleagues, to make a profit and try to improve lives for their friends, new and old. Their adventure takes them through tackling pirates, rescuing stranded and attacked people and exploring wrecks and abandoned ships., sometimes working alone, sometimes with their old Captain and sometimes calling in the Navy.

A humorous view of dogs in our lives. From your sofa as territory to going to the vet.

As the Traders tackle piracy to safeguard themselves and their customers, a young man, Auron Mellick, decides that working in a factory is not for him and enlists in the Marines. He undergoes basic training to pass out as a Marine, where, during his enlistment, he advances in rank, being assigned various duties including encountering pirates and smugglers. Paths start to overlap with the traders as his duties take him on guard and assault duties.