A Pillar of Fire by Night: Book 7 (Hardcover) Tom Kratman

Book 7 of 8: Carrera Series

A nation under assualt.

Patricio Carrera, military leader of the doughty new nation of Balboa, has so far held off his enemies coming by sea from the north. The Zhong won't soon forget the blood-stained waters and the heaped bodies on the shores of Balboa's Isla Real. But now Balboa is under assault anew from the east, from the south, and from the west. Carrera faces deadly threats by land, air, and from space.

The Zhong have forced a lodgment east of the capital. Carrera expects several hundred thousand brave and determined Zhong to attack his barely defended flank. To the south are the Taurans, who have taken the Transitway that joins the planet of Terra Nova's Mar Fusioso and her Shimmering Sea. in the process, they've laid siege to Cristobal, second city of Balboa, trapping Carrera's Fourth Corps inside.

A leader tested as never before.

Inside the town, a sense of desperation is growing among the men and women of the Fourth Corps: Has their leader forgotten about or abandoned them? In space, the Earth's United Earth Peace Fleet, under the Command of High Admiral Marguerite Wallenstein, feeds intelligence information to both Zhong and Tauran.

It's beginning to look like the game is up for Balboa and Patricio Carrera. But Carrera's been planning this war for fifteen years. He'll soon have news for his enemies. They think they're winning.

They're not.

The fire is coming, and its name is carrera!

March 2024