Against All Odds
(A Galaxy Unknown Book VII)
A novel by Thomas DePrima
With the Raider threat severely diminished and the
Milori Empire crushed, peace finally seems to be on
the event horizon. War has kept Admiral Jenetta
Carver from home for twelve years. With the advent
of peace, she takes a well-deserved vacation and
returns to Earth for a visit before her new duties
as Military Governor and Supreme Military Commandeer
of Region Two keep her away for more years. She
picks up her two sisters on the trip and the three
women surprise their mom with the unannounced visit.
Just a week after arriving home, Jenetta receives
word that Region Two has been invaded. No war has
been declared, and details are sketchy, but Tsgardi
Warriors have landed on at least one planet a
hundred light years inside the border and begun
rounding up, harassing, and in some cases killing
the citizenry. Determined not to let the news
interfere with her mother's joy of having her three
daughters home, she doesn't tell them about the
invasion, but she's called to appear at Space
Command Supreme HQ to discuss the situation.
As Jenetta begins the trip back to her base, she
begins formulating plans and sending orders so that
all will be in readiness when she arrives. She's
determined to deal with the Tsgardi situation once
and for all, and in a manner consistent with the way
she dealt with the Milori situation. When an enemy
absolutely refuses to let you live in peace, there's
only one action you can take: remove their ability
to ever wage war against you again. Jenetta doesn't
yet know that the Tsgardi thrust into Region Two is
just the tip of the lance. Three other interstellar
powers have joined the effort to evict the Galactic
Alliance from Region Two and divide the territory
among themselves. Jenetta's meager forces will face
an armada a thousand warships strong. It's not just
another day at the office.