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
Invincible
JACK CAMPBELL
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THE LOST FLEET: BEYOND THE FRONTIER: INVINCIBLE
Copyright © 2012 by John G. Hemry.
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FIRST EDITION: May 2012
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Campbell, Jack.
Invincible / Jack Campbell.—First edition.
pages cm.—(The lost fleet. Beyond the frontier)
ISBN 978-1-101-58078-3
1. Space ships—Fiction. 2. Space warfare—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3553.A4637I58 2012
813'.54—dc23
2011053446
Contents
ONE
TWO
THREE
FOUR
FIVE
SIX
SEVEN
EIGHT
NINE
TEN
ELEVEN
TWELVE
THIRTEEN
FOURTEEN
FIFTEEN
SIXTEEN
SEVENTEEN
EIGHTEEN
NINETEEN
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. I’ve been well looked after by Katherine Sherbo and Brady McReynolds at the Berkley Publishing Group as well. 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. Thanks also to Charles Petit and to “the remoras” (a.k.a. Alex and Daniel) for an important suggestion regarding the most essential achievement of human technology.
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
