Hard Duty

Hostile aliens nearly eradicated humanity. Will the next encounter finish the job?



Sixteen billion dead. In humanity's last brush with the Merkiaari, it was nearly wiped out in a war that spanned decades. When survey ship Captain Jeff Colgan discovers a new alien race, he's required to investigate.



As the aliens discover Colgan's ship and begin to hunt him down, the captain's mission changes from one of study to one of survival.



Hard Duty is the first installment in Merkiaari Wars, a five-book military sci-fi space opera. If you like realistic engineering, vivid battles, and futuristic warfare, then you'll love Mark E. Cooper's sci-fi work of art.


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Reading Order:

1. Hard Duty

2. What Price Honour

3. Operation Oracle

4. Operation Breakout