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The First Step (C6S: Patrol Force Book 1) Kindle Edition

by Edward Hochsmann (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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One hundred years of armistice following a devastating genocidal war finds the Listrians and Urtimalians eyeing each other warily across their frontier. The captain of a Listrian warship on an intelligence-gathering mission along the border picks up a desperate distress call from an Urtimalian research vessel only his ship receives - they are disabled and falling toward a nearby planet.

The captain faces a difficult choice. Does he break cover and cross the border in violation of the fragile truce, risking war, his ship, and the lives of his crew or abandon over one hundred Urtimalians to their deaths?

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C6S: Patrol Force
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84 pages
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November 12, 2021
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09KR1R7V4
Publisher ‏ : ‎ (November 12, 2021)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 12, 2021
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3570 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 84 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #1,829,674 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #5,205 in Two-Hour Science Fiction & Fantasy Short Reads
- #9,790 in Military Science Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #11,609 in Space Opera Science Fiction (Kindle Store)

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Edward Hochsmann

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Edward Hochsmann is a retired U. S. Coast Guard search and rescue and law enforcement professional. The veteran mariner, aviator, college professor, and defense analyst has recently added “novelist” to his list of experiences. Drawing from his twenty-five years of active service, he has crafted an exciting contemporary sea adventure series featuring the crew of a small Coast Guard cutter snatched from the hurly-burly of high-tempo operations in South Florida and thrust into the shadowy world of sensitive special missions. Each of his four novels (so far) immerses the reader into the exciting world of Coast Guard operations, experiencing the fear, elation, humor, and sadness in the character-driven stories alongside the crew of the patrol boat Kauai.

A husband and father of two sons, Ed likes reading, police procedurals, contemporary music on the road, and classical music in the office. He is a native of Northern Illinois, but has spent most of his adult life on the Gulf Coast, in duty stations from Panama City to Houston, and has finally settled in Crestview, Florida.

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Roby A. Goodwin

Excellent story of renewed contact between former enemy races.

Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2021

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I had been anxiously waiting for the follow up book from the author's Coast Guard encounter with aliens. I was excited to find this new series of his. The story in book #1 is creative and the tension between the opposing peoples is well developed. The actions and explanations of the Listrian ship's captain engaged me and I'm looking forward to moving onto the next books in the series. This is an excellent example of very entertaining sci-fi.

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Susan A

Good start to the series

Reviewed in the United States on December 8, 2021

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This book has a deep story to be told. I enjoyed the pace, adherence to the traditions and general orders. The disagreements served to provide historical background. I usually read books that have fast paced action, this was a welcome change.

Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2022

This isn't a review per se, but a warning that book 5 in this series is actually a collection of the first four books.