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A Hymn for the Dying

The Blacksword Regiment, Book 1

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A Hymn for the Dying

By: J.L. Doty
Narrated by: J.L. Doty
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A space adventure of interstellar war.

For many, the dying part is hard. For some, the living part is harder.

At 16 years of age, Mathius’ life is focused on scrounging bits of food in the midst of a five-way civil war on the planet Novalis III. Two government factions and three rebel factions are all hell-bent on killing one another, and the civilian population is caught in the middle.

If Mathius doesn’t find food, he and his father, mother, and sister will go hungry for the day, a not-so-unusual occurrence. Mathius must also avoid the rebel factions, who frequently kidnap young boys and force them to become soldiers.

Will the Commonwealth of Allied Systems intervene? And what of the Blacksword Regiment, the elite soldiers of the Commonwealth Security Corps? Will they sweep in and make everything right?

And the Kelk Supremacy, a race of strange humans with blood-red eyes and pale bluish-white skin? They're perfectly human, and yet they are not. Why does Mathius keep seeing signs that the Kelk are somehow involved in the unrest?

A gripping saga of war and redemption. Order it now.

©2020 J. L. Doty (P)2021 J. L. Doty
Adventure Fiction Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction Space Opera Space War Interstellar Solider

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