The Confederated Worlds: The Complete Military Science Fiction Trilogy
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A thousand years from now, while Earth dreams in virtual reality, three rival governments battle for control of humanity's scattered worlds. Connected by artificial wormholes, divided by ideology, they wage a brutal conflict that will reshape the galaxy.
At the center of it all stands one uncommon soldier. His journey from naive recruit to battle-hardened veteran will determine the fate of the Confederated Worlds.
TAKE THE SHILLING
They gave him a soldier's skills. War taught him the price.
Tomas Neumann escapes his backwater planet seeking purpose and finds himself programmed for combat. But downloaded tactics can't prepare him for the moral complexity of killing fellow humans—or the cost of survival.
OPERATION IAGO
The Confederated Worlds lost the war. Can Tomas win the peace?
The fighting should be over. Instead, Lt. Neumann faces his deadliest mission yet: prevent a world from falling to enemies who blur the line between insurgency and invasion.
A BODYGUARD OF LIES
The war has ended. The real enemy hides in plain sight.
Captain Neumann thought he'd left the battlefield behind. But in the corridors of power, he uncovers a conspiracy that makes the recent war look like a training exercise—and threatens the survival of the Confederated Worlds itself.
Three complete novels. One epic journey.
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About the author
Raymund Eich is a science fiction and fantasy writer whose middle American upbringing is a launchpad for journeys to the ends of the universe.
His most popular works are military science fiction series The Confederated Worlds (novels Take the Shilling, Operation Iago, and A Bodyguard of Lies) and the Stone Chalmers series of science fiction espionage adventures (novels The Freeland Vendetta, The Trinity Deception, The Minerva Conspiracy, and The Terra Betrayal).
He has over ten other published book-length works and more than forty published short stories. His short fiction has appeared in Analog, Odyssey, Boundary Shock Quarterly, and the anthology Surviving Tomorrow, and has earned honorable mentions and a semi-finalist award in the Writers of the Future contest. His works are available worldwide in ebook, trade paperback, and audiobook editions.
After circling the world by age five, he grew up in the Ozark Mountains of southwest Missouri. He earned a B.A. and a Ph.D., both in biochemistry, from Rice University. Though he’s no longer a working scientist, hundreds of papers cite his graduate research.
In addition to his writing career, he works in patent law, won a national quiz bowl championship, is a husband and father, and agrees with Robert Heinlein that specialization is for insects.
He lives in Houston with his wife, son, and daughter. His last name has one syllable and is pronounced “eye-sh.” He can be found online at https://raymundeich.com.
