Hard Duty: Merkiaari Wars 1

· Merkiaari Wars Book 1 · Impulse Books UK
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Hostile aliens nearly eradicated humanity. Will the next encounter finish the job?

Sixteen billion dead. In humanity's last brush with the Merkiaari, it was nearly wiped out in a war that spanned decades. When survey ship Captain Jeff Colgan discovers a new alien race, he's required to investigate.

As the aliens discover Colgan's ship and begin to hunt him down, the captain's mission changes from one of study to one of survival. 

Hard Duty is the first installment in Merkiaari Wars, a five-book military sci-fi space opera. If you like realistic engineering, vivid battles, and futuristic warfare, then you'll love Mark E. Cooper's sci-fi work of art.

Buy the first book in your new space opera obsession today!

Reading Order:
1. Hard Duty
2. What Price Honour
3. Operation Oracle
4. Operation Breakout
5. Incursion

This is a science fiction book of first contact and alien invasion seen from both human and alien points of view. Expect to see space fleets battling and military themes. Military science fiction, alien invasion, first contact, space opera

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4.2
716 reviews
A Google user
20 August 2024
First Contact delivers a pulse-pounding sci-fi adventure that combines high-stakes survival with the tension of an interstellar encounter. Set in a universe scarred by the near-extinction of humanity at the hands of the Merkiaari, this novel takes readers on a harrowing journey through space as Captain Jeff Colgan faces a new and deadly alien threat.
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Joe W
5 April 2014
Really good read. There were moments that actually inspired emotions of excitement, fear, and sorrow. Also saw some familiar tropes, but with a very interesting and fresh spin applied. Recommended!
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A Google user
23 August 2024
Sixteen billion dead. In humanity's last brush with the Merkiaari, it was nearly wiped out in a war that spanned decades. When survey ship Captain Jeff Colgan discovers a new alien race, he's required to investigate.
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About the author

Mark E. Cooper lives in a small town in the south of England, where he writes most mornings and evenings. His background is in mechanical engineering where he spent over thirty years working for Ford. 

He loves reading science fiction, epic fantasy, or urban fantasy and particularly likes strong female characters overcoming dire situations and tough obstacles. He can often be found laughing to himself as he listens to an audiobook on his iPod while typing like a fiend.

His hobbies include Shelby Cobras—he built a Dax replica of the famous car with his best friend in the early 90s—reading, and maintaining his blog. He is now the author of over ten titles written in the genres he loves to read.

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