THE LOST FLEET: DAUNTLESS
THE LOST FLEET: FEARLESS
THE LOST FLEET: COURAGEOUS
THE LOST FLEET: VALIANT
THE LOST FLEET: RELENTLESS
THE LOST FLEET: VICTORIOUS
THE LOST FLEET: BEYOND THE FRONTIER: DREADNAUGHT
THE LOST FLEET: BEYOND THE FRONTIER: INVINCIBLE
THE LOST FLEET: BEYOND THE FRONTIER: GUARDIAN
THE LOST STARS: TARNISHED KNIGHT
THE LOST FLEET
BEYOND THE FRONTIER
GUARDIAN
JACK CAMPBELL
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Campbell, Jack (Naval officer)
The Lost Fleet : Beyond the Frontier : Guardian / Jack Campbell. — First edition.
pages cm. — (The Lost Fleet ; Book 9)
ISBN 978-0-425-26050-0 (hardcover : alk. paper)
1. Space warfare—Fiction. 2. Imaginary wars and battles—Fiction.
3. Science fiction. I. Title. II. Title: Guardian.
PS3553.A4637L666 2013
813'.54—dc23
2013000249
FIRST EDITION: May 2013
Cover art by Michael Komarck.
Cover design by Annette Fiore DeFex.
This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product
of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons,
living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I remain indebted to my agent, Joshua Bilmes, for his ever-inspired suggestions and assistance, and to my editor, Anne Sowards, for her support and editing. Thanks also to Catherine Asaro, Robert Chase, J. G. (Huck) Huckenpohler, Simcha Kuritzky, Michael LaViolette, Aly Parsons, Bud Sparhawk, and Constance A. Warner for their suggestions, comments, and recommendations.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
THE FIRST FLEET OF THE ALLIANCE
ADMIRAL JOHN GEARY, COMMANDING
SECOND BATTLESHIP DIVISION
THIRD BATTLESHIP DIVISION
FOURTH BATTLESHIP DIVISION
FIFTH BATTLESHIP DIVISION
SEVENTH BATTLESHIP DIVISION
EIGHTH BATTLESHIP DIVISION
FIRST BATTLE CRUISER DIVISION
SECOND BATTLE CRUISER DIVISION
FOURTH BATTLE CRUISER DIVISION
