Military Evolution

Humanity chose to suffer. The alternative was extinction. When genetic engineering nearly doomed the species, humanity made a desperate bargain: let the frontier do what nature intended. Harsh colony worlds. Brutal selection. Children dying on planets designed to test them. Two centuries later, the Mandate has kept humanity alive, but at a price no one is allowed to question. Cadet Constantine Ramsey questions it anyway. As a frontier colonist at Earth's Space Fleet Academy, Constantine keeps flinching at the hard calls, and finds himself being outperformed by the cadets who don't. Then ...

“For anyone involved in settling disputes” (Richard Dawkins), a famed political scientist offers a classic argument for how to achieve a more cooperative world We assume that, in a world ruled by natural selection, selfishness pays. So why cooperate? In The Evolution of Cooperation...

The Great History of War From the first tribal conflicts of prehistory to the global wars that shaped the modern age, The Great History of War traces humanity’s relentless evolution through the lens of battle. This sweeping narrative explores how war has defined civilizations, inspired innovation, and reshaped empires across more than five millennia of human history. Beginning with the dawn of organized combat, the book journeys through the rise of ancient armies, the strategic brilliance of Alexander the Great, the disciplined might of Rome, the zeal of religious crusades, and the fury ...

It’s been eight years since an alien invasion drove a small surviving group of settlers to seek refuge in an underground shelter. Cut off from the rest of humanity, the ragtag band has maintained a narrowly functioning colony due to communal effort and salvage runs. Alex Archer has her own duties as a dog handler. While this off-world colony may be harsh, Ash, Alex’s black shepherd raised to sense threats, makes living in it a little nicer.

Survival of the fittest in space just became a lot more dangerous. Eleven colonies have gone dark across Federation space. Senior cadets are being deployed to a frontier that devours ships and returns only silence. Constantine Ramsey returns to a Space Fleet Academy transformed by war. He and his fellow second-years are being thrust into leadership roles for which they're not ready. The new curriculum sets aside theory for brutal new training in surviving first contact with alien predators and making terrible decisions where every choice comes with a body count. But when their latest ...

Forged in Precision: The Evolution of the American Rifle Discover the captivating journey of the American rifle, a tool that has shaped the history, culture, and innovation of a nation. From its humble beginnings as a hunting instrument to becoming a symbol of freedom and technological ingenuity, this book dives deep into the evolution of the American rifle through history. Whether you’re a history enthusiast, a firearms expert, or a curious reader, this is the definitive guide to the fascinating transformation of rifles across centuries. How did a tool of survival evolve into a symbol of...

The Echo of Ancient Civilizations, a Book by Bo Carson, is an indispensable guide for anyone seeking to walk in the path of the ancient world. With a masterful combination of scholarship and readability, retrace the rise and fall of civilizations from the earliest times to the Roman Empire. This book is a must-read for students of history, anthropology, and archaeology, as well as anyone with a passion for the rich tapestry of human culture. Whether you're looking to deepen your knowledge or explore a new area of study, "The Echo of Ancient Civilizations" is a great read. Dive into the ...

Two leading authorities—an acclaimed historian and the outstanding battlefield commander and strategist of our time—collaborate on a landmark examination of war since 1945. Conflict is both a sweeping history of the evolution of warfare up to Putin’s invasion of the Ukraine, and a...

An action-packed novel that ushers in a new age of adventure in the critically acclaimed StarCraft series from Blizzard Entertainment The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Thrawn pens the latest chapter in the stunning StarCraft saga, building on the game’s rich legacy to create an...

The companion volume to the multimillion-copy bestseller No Easy Day by former Navy SEAL Mark Owen reveals the evolution of a SEAL Team Six operator. Mark Owen’s instant #1 New York Times bestseller, No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission that Killed Osama bin Laden, focused on the...

Fifty years after The Andromeda Strain made Michael Crichton a household name – and spawned a new genre, the technothriller – the threat returns, in a gripping sequel that is terrifyingly realistic and resonant. THE EVOLUTION IS COMING In 1967, an extraterrestrial microbe – designated the...

In the wake of a solar eclipse, a portal between our world and a paranormal realm opens—and a scientist’s life will never be the same—in this print edition collecting all three parts of the groundbreaking Eclipsed Evolution Audio Original serial, from the #1 New York Times bestselling...

The development of the Russian military's strategic thought is an understudied and thus misunderstood subject in the West. Strategy in Russia encompasses the broader context of foreign and domestic policy as well as the military's ties to the country's leadership. The military's strategic thought is closely linked to Russia's existence as a state and explains patterns of Russian confrontation.

"Why did they abandon humanity, Jules? Ask yourself that. Why?" The further away from the Navy salvager Jules Stone gets, the closer to the truth she finds herself. The past is not as well-hidden as she used to think. Nor as well-hidden as NESFCOM would like. The past is all around them, waiting to be discovered. And for a salvager, there is nothing as addictive as that. But the Navy doesn't give up its secrets so easily. And Admiral Ian Cleary is a man on a mission: to annihilate artificial intelligence and cement his control over New Earth. He will do anything to stay in power. Even ...

Kill the bad guys. Save the Galaxy. All in a hard day’s work. After striking a serious blow to the Brotherhood, Eddie and Julianna have learned the name of their enemy: Felix Castile. He is a man of fortune, power, and madness, and his revenge is coming. Castile won’t be deterred so easily. His armory is already restocked and his resolve to take General Reynolds down reinforced. However, this evil mastermind makes a big mistake when he allows Knox Gunnerson to escape.

Before the Gynarchy. Before the collar. Before he became Male E0269. There was a boy who watched his parents die — and a love story the universe tried to erase. Ethan Drake doesn't know what he is. Orphaned at six under circumstances the military buried, he carries a birthmark that burns without explanation, a pendant from a mother he barely remembers, and a talent for flying that draws the wrong kind of attention. At a military academy on Mars, Ethan builds the only life he's ever known — discipline, silence, and the void between stars where nothing can touch him. Then Priya Sharma ...

History wasn’t made in the throne room; it was cooked in a lab. In 'Gunpowder', Owen Briggs traces the explosive lineage of civilization’s most transformative material—from 9th-century Taoist alchemists accidentally optimizing gas expansion to the high-frequency rhythmic violence of the modern internal combustion engine. This isn't a story of kings and conquests, but of 'high-work' energy, saltpeter scavenger economies, and the brutal arithmetic of impact. Discover how the 'occult error' of a failed immortality elixir dismantled the feudal order, turned masonry castles into ...

Strategy, Evolution, and War is a cautionary preview of how artificial intelligence (AI) will revolutionize strategy more than any development in the last 3,000 years of military history. Kenneth Payne describes strategy as an evolved package of conscious and unconscious behaviors with roots in our primate ancestry. Our minds were shaped by the need to think about warfare, a constant threat for early humans. As a result, we developed a sophisticated and strategic intelligence.

**An orc, a troll horde, and a stolen dreadnought walk into an empire.** Korgath is Warchief now. It is a worse job than it sounds. The Grey Tusk survivors and Skarn's Duskmaw trolls hate each other roughly as much as they hate the humans. His own council of elders would rather die on ancestral ground than take orders from a cross-species army. And beyond the treeline, a joint human–elf coalition is closing a pincer designed to end the orcish question permanently. He has one advantage: a demoted human noblewoman inside the enemy command, feeding him their movements in a hand only he can ...

The science is real. The math is remorseless. The choices are impossible. When Federation inspectors walk through a children's hospital on the colony world of Verlaine and frown at the survival rates, Deputy Health Minister Jean-Marc Bergeron knows what's coming. The numbers are too positive. Too many children are surviving to adulthood. And the Human Genome Mandate, the iron law that has governed humanity's expansion across the stars for four centuries, demands change. The Federation’s demand: raise Verlaine's mortality rate from 2 percent to 15 percent. Let two and a half million people...