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The night of the plague follows sunset on April Fool’s Day around the world. By sunrise, less than fifteen percent of the world’s population is uninfected. The airborne disease is invulnerable to any air filter or disease barrier. The fifteen percent uninfected are still vulnerable to the disease when spread via bodily fluids as the infected seek to spread their disease. These are the stories of those just trying to survive.

The year is 2126. It has been 30 years since Iran nuked Washington, DC. America has traded security for liberty following the attack, with the suspension of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. The Constitution isn't even taught in schools anymore. In this environment, Dan "D2" Daniels, a retired army NCO of the old breed, sworn to protect the Constitution, finds a crashed spaceship and learns that Earth will soon be invaded. Using the technology from the spaceship, Dan forms an army of fellow senior veterans with two missions....

The defenders of Earth, the Gray Panther Army, saved the Earth from an invasion from the Libra Alliance on January 6, 2128. The jubilation was short-lived as Earth's defenders found out there was a second deadlier fleet that would arrive at Earth in about two years. The Gray Panther Army consisting of ancient veterans, who have been enhanced through nanite technology to once again be young men and women, are forced to expand their ranks to include even the young.

The army of senior warriors has repeatedly beaten back numerous attempted invasions of Earth. Planet Dixie has fallen to the Libra Alliance using Flem mercenaries. Scotty Scholl, Earth's ambassador, is on the run. The population has been infected by a pandemic rendering the victims helpless against their invaders and deadly against their allies. The Gray Panthers, along with US Army Special Forces, are repulsed with heavy casualties while attacking the dug-in invaders.

In December 2128, the war with the Libra Alliance ended when the Dixie fleet diverted an asteroid into the Libra home world, killing nearly all life there. The collapse of the Libra Alliance created a major power vacuum. Old enemies that had been kept in check by the Alliance soon were once again at war with each other. Navy ships without homes became pirates. The restored League of Planets, now with a strong fleet and army, prepared to incorporate planets that had been part of the Libra Alliance into the league, by force if necessary.

The Gray Panthers saga continues when the Nyeusi, a previously unknown species begin a campaign to conquer the galaxy. The invaders have the Libra Alliance on the ropes barely holding onto the last stronghold of the Libra Alliance. The commander of the Gray Panthers, Dan Daniels must decide if he’ll commit to going to war to save an old enemy or wait and see if the war comes to him. Can old enemies put aside their hatred and distrust to fight alongside each other?

When the infection hit the world, it was originally airborne, impervious to any filters or barriers. Initially 80 to 90 percent of the world’s population, those with RH positive blood, was infected. The disease was then further spread by the infected through transmission of bodily fluids, usually through bites and scratches.

The island city of Tyre along the coast of Lebanon was for centuries an impregnable fortress and key to unlocking Phoenician and Persian power in the Near East. Its fall was first prophesied in the Book of Ezekiel; but it would not be Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, who would take the city as the Bible foretold, but a Macedonian warrior king, Alexander. Alexander's siege of 332 BC was one of the most remarkable events in the classical world. The Siege of Tyre is the first book-length treatment of this critical and fascinating campaign

A short novella sized compilation of five mixed short stories. The stories are a hodgepodge of humor, military science fiction, space opera, and fantasy.

In der Remonstered Edition wurden ein paar Sprecher ausgetauscht und neue Musik hinzugefügt. Im kleinen Örtchen Eglosheim, tief im Schwabenländle, geschehen seltsame Dinge. Jeden Morgen sind die Lagerräume der Fast-Food-Restaurants leergeräumt, doch gibt es keine Hinweise auf einen Einbruch! Nachts schleicht eine dunkle große und augenscheinlich böse Gestalt durch die Stadt! Und warum sucht diese Gestalt die Kinderzimmer kleiner Kinder auf und ist dann wieder spurlos verschwunden? Ein Fall für die Men in Green!