Retreat and Adapt
(A Galaxy Unknown - Book 9)
A novel by Thomas DePrima
Admiral Jenetta Carver®, in Region One for just
the second time since becoming Commander of the
Second Fleet, receives a message that the
scout-destroyer Yenisei, on routine patrol, is
overdue. The ship's last report ended with a
statement that they were attempting to overtake
several small ships spotted on their DeTect
monitors.
Admiral Augustus Poole, in command while Jenetta
is away, has officially listed the ship as
missing, and ordered all available ships within
two hundred light-years to proceed to the
Yenisei's last reported position and begin a
search.
Weeks later, the Yenisei is found. Technological
advances have made Space Command the most
powerful military force in the known galaxy, but
although sheathed with Dakinium and believed to
be almost impervious to weapons fire, the
Yenisei's hull is riddled with holes and the
crew is dead. The ship's computer log contains
images of three attacking vessels with a
configuration never before seen in GA space. It
appears that a new enemy has emerged, one with
weapons superior to anything Space Command has.