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They call them the "rat-catchers." They're the crew of the spaceship Daedalus, which an economically destitute Earth has dispatched on a mission to re-establish contact with its far-flung, long-lost space colonies. Alex Alexander, ship's biologist, must help solve the mysteries of human and alien ecosystems that he encounters light-years from home. The planet Floria initially appears to be one of the few Earth colonies that's actually prospered since...
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The new armor-plated Gryphon-10 is ready to launch, and Derek "Tiger" Baily will test-fly it from Low Earth Orbit (LEO) for the first time, more than double the Gryphon-7's best drop. Orbital re-entry in nothing more than a wingsuit carries extreme risks, yet Tiger and his team must rely on the numbers-and their own practical know-how-as they plan for the worst and hope for the best. Ride along with Tiger as he's catapulted into space by Slingshot,...
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Derek "Tiger" Baily and his SEALS Winged Insertion Command (SWIC) drop from Low Earth Orbit to test the enhanced Gryphon-10 MK 4 hardshell wingsuit for combat applications. Every contingency has been planned. The 6-man squad believes it is fully prepared for hurtling around the world and staging critical re-entry, but challenged to innovate life-or-death solutions with only seconds to spare, Baily's team might not survive intact. Fly with Tiger and...
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A U.S. senator-likely next president-has been seized by pirates and held for $100 million ransom. Derek "Tiger" Baily and his SEALS Winged Insertion Command (SWIC) get the call: a rescue operation with soldiers zooming in from the sky, the 6-man squad's first real combat operation. Hurtling around the world in the new Gryphon-10 MK 4 hardshell wingsuit, Tiger and his team must literally improvise on the fly when everything goes wrong and they have...
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The fourth landing of the Daedalus Mission confronts Alex and his companions with a colonial culture seemingly modeled on a classic Utopian dream, but all of its inhabitants are infected with a mysterious alien parasite, and they no longer seem entirely human. Are they being controlled by the parasite, or has the parasite merely enabled them to transform themselves? Can the visitors from Earth avoid infection themselves, and what will the consequences...
7) The Daedalus
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Turns out...In space...People can hear you scream... Euphrates Miondor had it all.Good looks, good job, designer clothes, luxurious condominium and she was an extremely prolific serial killer.The Daedalus is Space Force Global's latest class of Starsplorer propelled by a Faren Fusion Drive.The Virtual Engine Synaptic Simulation Associate is a first gen bio-organic computer processor powered by a harvested human brain.Through a series of fortunate...
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Read Jeff Sheckter's exciting debut novel The Daedalus Protocol.
A deadly pathogen has been unleashed across the globe, killing livestock and destroying crops as it spreads. A near-extinction event from worldwide famine will be certain if it's not stopped in time.
A mysterious man known only as Daedalus, possessing advanced technology and seemingly unlimited resources, has assembled a crew of notable soldiers and scientists for a mission...
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Olympus volume 2
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Hero, Oracle and the genius inventor Daedalus form an unlikely alliance to find Hero's birthright - the Ring of the Magi. Meanwhile, Queen Medea finds out that Hero is the King's illegitimate firstborn son and she dispatches ruthless warrior priests to track him down and bring him to Athens.
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Joe Laribeau was now Salvage Merc One. It was a position way above his days of being a Galactic Fleet Marine. Endless resources, powers and abilities that rivaled the Eight Million Gods, and the full resources of the Salvage Merc Corps behind him. It was the life.
A lonely life.
But, the artifact that had chosen him to be Salvage Merc One was about to change all that and put him to a true test of his abilities. A quest was set before him. Impossible...
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Two dimensions collided on the rust-red deserts of Mars-and are destined to become entangled once more in this sequel to the critically acclaimed The Daedalus Incident.
Lieutenant Commander Shaila Jain has been given the assignment of her dreams: the first manned mission to Saturn. But there's competition and complications when she arrives aboard the survey ship Armstrong. The Chinese are vying for control of the critical moon Titan, and the moon...
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The last chapter of the dimension-spanning Daedalus series brings the 19th and 22nd centuries together for an explosive finale in the jungles of Venus! In the year 2135, dangerous alien life forms freed in the destruction of Saturn's moon Enceladus are making their way towards Earth. A task force spearheaded by Lt. Cmdr. Shaila Jain is scrambling to beat them there while simultaneously trying to save crewmember Stephane Durand, who was infected during...
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The final contact made by the Daedalus Mission begins badly, even before the ship makes a hard landing in the middle of nowhere. The situation of the colony doesn't seem to make any sense, and neither does the situation of the indigenous aliens-the Sets-that have helped the colony survive and thrive. Alex Alexander doesn't take long to work out a hypothesis that might explain the mystery-a hypothesis that the people on the ground have already worked...
17) Balance of Power
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The planet Attica has two continents: Lambda and Delta. The indigenous alien population being restricted to Delta, Earth's colony was planted on Lambda. Before the arrival of the Daedalus, two sailing ships had set out from Lambda to cross the ocean separating the two continents, and neither had returned. Now a third is on its way, and Mariel Valory and Alex Alexander of the Daedalus have hitched a lift, in order that Mariel might use her talent to...
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hey call them the "rat-catchers." They're the crew of the spaceship Daedalus, which a declining Earth has sent to re-establish contact with its long-lost colonies. Biologist Alex Alexander, together with his staff, must help solve the mysteries of human and alien ecosystems that they encounter far from home. On the world called Wildeblood, named for the ecologist/Emperor who founded it, the settlers' descendants harbor a terrible secret-a secret that...
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They call them the "rat-catchers." They're the crew of the spaceship Daedalus, which an economically destitute Earth has dispatched on a mission to re-establish contact with its far-flung, long-lost colonies in space. Alex Alexander, the ship's biologist, together with his staff, must help solve the mysteries of human and alien ecosystems that he encounters light-years from home. Dendra is a stable world, covered by a huge, unchanging forest-except...
20) Quantum Deadline
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Infinite Worlds. One Reporter. Zero Time. When his newsroom intern jumps off the Golden Gate Bridge, 40-something reporter Daedalus Howell's reputation also takes a dive. Five years later, he's still trying to clear his conscience and his byline when Jude, a lost 11-year-old would-be thief, seeks his help to get home. Ever on the prowl for a career-redeeming story, Howell is game but there's a catch – the kid claims to be from a parallel universe....
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