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Claws That Catch


CoverThe Galaxy at Risk!

Humans have come a long ways since the looking glass gates first appeared and an alien menace turned a motley crew of scientists, sailors and force recon Marines into battle-hardened space adventurers. Now with other species running scared, it’s up to humans to take the lead and mold a weapon capable of checking the Dreen—a galactic cancer that has so far proved unstoppable. Their arsenal? A hodge-podge of powerful technologies begged, borrowed and/or looted from across the galaxy and cobbled together on what has to be the strangest ship ever to ply the starways: the good ship Vorpal Blade II!

Great Ideas! Cool Space Ships! Evil Alien Butt Blasted to Smithereens!
"If Tom Clancy were writing SF, it would read much like John Ringo."
Philadelphia Weekly Press.

“[T]his thoroughly enjoyable ride should appeal to techno-thriller fans as well as to military SF buffs.”
Publishers Weekly on John Ringo and Travis S. Taylor’s Into the Looking Glass.

Cover Art by Kurt Miller


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This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

First printing, November 2008

Distributed by Simon & Schuster
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New York, NY 10020

 Pages by Joy Freeman (www.pagesbyjoy.com)
Printed in the United States of America

ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-5587-2
ISBN-10: 1-4165-5587-0

Copyright© 2008 by John Ringo & Travis S. Taylor

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form.

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Dedication

Dedicated to E.E. "Doc" Smith and (cue music) The Solar Beam!

 

And as always:
For Captain Tamara Long, USAF
Born: 12 May 1979
Died: 23 March 2003, Afghanistan
You fly with the angels now.

 

Also in this series:

Into the Looking Glass
Vorpal Blade with Travis S. Taylor
Manxome Foe with Travis S. Taylor

Baen Books by John Ringo

The Legacy of the Aldenata Series

A Hymn Before Battle
Gust Front
When the Devil Dances
Hell's Faire
The Hero with Michael Z. Wiliamson
Watch on the Rhine with Tom Kratman
Yellow Eyes with Tom Kratman
Cally's War with Julie Cochrane
Sister Time with Julie Cochrane
Honor of the Clan Julie Cochrane (forthcoming)

There Will Be Dragons
Emerald Sea
Against the Tide
East of the Sun, West of the Moon

Ghost
Kildar
Choosers of the Slain
Unto the Breach
A Deeper Blue

Princess of Wands

Von Neumann's War with Travis S. Taylor

The Road to Damascus with Linda Evans

With David Weber:

March Upcountry
March to the Sea
March to the Stars
We Few

Baen Books by Travis S. Taylor

One Day On Mars
The Tau Ceti Agenda

Warp Speed
The Quantum Connection

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