#5 in the popular Carerra military science fiction series that started with <i>A Desert Called Peace. </i>Miltary leader Carerra faces down a threat from totalitarians and wins the freedom of his country on a frontier planet.<BR><BR>Carerra. Relentless. Machiavellian. Without compunction. Victorious. Pity his enemies. Be thankful he is on the side of freedom from totalitarian domination. <BR><BR>On the colony planet of Terra Nova, soldier turned political leader Carerra has achieved his revenge, destroying those who killed his wife and children in a terrorist strike, and helping to establish a free country. But Carrera’s fight is not over.<BR> <BR> War with the Tauran Union is inevitable. Carerra has been preparing his new country for this all-out conflict for years, intending to drive out the last vestige of foreign imperialism in Balboa, the Tauran Union Security Force. He doesn't care that he's outnumbered one hundred to one. He doesn't care that the Taurans are one thousand times wealthier. A true Machiavellian, Carrera is convinced that gold cannot always find good soldiers, but that good soldiers can always find gold. After all, his good soldiers have already found quite a bit. Moreover, he's been preparing for the war he intends to start and fight on his own terms, while the TU has been preparing for a progressive fantasy.<BR> <BR><b>About Tom Kratman’s Carrera series: <BR></b>“[I]nterplanetary warfare with. . .[a] visceral story of bravery and sacrifice . . . fans of the military SF of John Ringo and David Weber should enjoy this SF action adventure.”–<i>Library Journal</i><BR><BR>“Kratman's dystopia is a brisk page turner full of startling twists … [Kratman is] a professional military man … up to speed on military and geopolitical conceits.” –best-selling author of <i>America Alone </i>Mark Steyn on Tom Kratman’s uncompromising military SF thriller, <i>Califate</i><BR><BR>“Kratman raises disquieting questions on what it might take to win the war on terror…realistic action sequences, strong characterizations and thoughts on the philosophy of war.” – <i>Publishers Weekly<BR></i><b><BR>Carerra Series:<BR></b><i>A Desert Called Peace <BR></i><i>Carnifex <BR></i><i>The Lotus Eaters <BR></i><i>The Amazon Legion <BR></i><i>Come and Take Them<BR></i><i>Rods and the Axe </i>