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Terra Nova: The Wars of Liberation by [Tom Kratman]

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New stories set in Tom Kratman's hard-hitting Carrera military sf series

"Send us your tired, your poor," says the inscription at the base of the great statue, "your huddled masses yearning to be free."

But the future of the colony planet, Terra Nova, and its relations with Old Earth is far more a case of boot out your tired, your poor, your dissidents and troublemakers. Use us for a dumping ground for all your problems. Go ahead and abandon these here. This may have been fine, too, but for the UN and its corrupt bureaucracy insisting on maintaining control and milking the new world and its settlers, willing and unwilling both, bone dry.

Contained herein are tales of the history of Mankind's future first colony, from the first failed attempt at colonization, to the rise in crime, to the rise in terrorism, to its descent into widespread civil war and rebellion...and ultimately liberation. As with most of human history, this history is messy, with good men and women turning bad, bad men and women inadvertently doing good, and blood flowing in the streets.

Stories set in Tom Kratman’s Carrera series by
Kasey Ezell
Mike Massa
Rob Hampson
Chris Smith
Peter Grant
Chris Nutall
Justin Watson
Monalisa Foster
Alex Macris
Lawrence Railey
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About Tom Kratman’s Carrera series:

“[I]nterplanetary warfare with. . .[a] visceral story of bravery and sacrifice . . . fans of the military SF of John Ringo and David Weber should enjoy this SF action adventure.”–Library Journal

“Kratman's dystopia is a brisk page turner full of startling twists … [Kratman is] a professional military man … up to speed on military and geopolitical conceits.” –Best-selling author of America Alone Mark Steyn on Tom Kratman’s uncompromising military SF thriller, Caliphate

“Kratman raises disquieting questions on what it might take to win the war on terror…realistic action sequences, strong characterizations and thoughts on the philosophy of war.” – Publishers Weekly

Carerra Series:
A Desert Called Peace
Carnifex
The Lotus Eaters
The Amazon Legion
Come and Take Them
The Rods and the Axe
A Pillar of Fire by Night

In 1974, at age seventeen, Tom Kratman became a political refugee and defector from the PRM (People’s Republic of Massachusetts) by virtue of joining the Regular Army. He stayed a Regular Army infantryman most of his adult life, returning to Massachusetts as an unofficial dissident while attending Boston College after his first hitch. Back in the Army, he managed to do just about everything there was to do, at one time or another. After the Gulf War, and with the bottom dropping completely out of the anti-communist market, Tom decided to become a lawyer. Every now and again, when the frustrations of legal life and having to deal with other lawyers got to be too much, Tom would rejoin the Army (or a somewhat similar group, say) for fun and frolic in other climes. His family muttering darkly, put up with this for years. He no longer practices law, instead writing full time for Baen. His novels for Baen include A State of Disobedience, Caliphate, and the series consisting of A Desert Called Peace, Carnifex, The Lotus Eaters, The Amazon Legion, Come and Take Them, and The Rods and the Axe, as well as three collaborations with John Ringo, Watch on the Rhine, Yellow Eyes, and The Tuloriad. Also for Baen, he has written the first three volumes of the modern day military fiction Countdown series.

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After the Gulf War, Tom Kratman decided to become a lawyer. He no longer practices law, instead writing full-time for Baen. His novels include A State of Disobedience, Caliphate, A Desert Called Peace, Carnifex, The Lotus Eaters, The Amazon Legion, Come and Take Them, The Rods and the Axe, and A Pillar of Fire by Night.

Multiple Voice Arts Award nominee Steve Marvel is one of only four narrators to be chosen a winner of the ACX Audiobook Narration Contest by Audible's Mike Charzuk. Steve received his classical theater training at Northwestern University and continues to work in theater, film, and television. The former voice of financial writer John Mauldin's Thoughts from the Frontline weekly newsletter, Steve's voice-over work also includes video games for the likes of Mattel, Sony, and Activision, and regular stints in eLearning. Steve applies his performance skills and mastery of accents to craft unique, distinctive characters for his fiction titles. --This text refers to the audioCD edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07VG9T93L
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Baen Books; 1st edition (August 6, 2019)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ August 6, 2019
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1668 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 441 pages
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Christopher G. Nuttall
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Christopher Nuttall has been planning sci-fi books since he learned to read. Born and raised in Edinburgh, Chris created an alternate history website and eventually graduated to writing full-sized novels. Studying history independently allowed him to develop worlds that hung together and provided a base for storytelling. After graduating from university, Chris started writing full-time. As an indie author, he has published fifty novels and one novella (so far) through Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing.
Professionally, he has published The Royal Sorceress, Bookworm, A Life Less Ordinary, Sufficiently Advanced Technology, The Royal Sorceress II: The Great Game and Bookworm II: The Very Ugly Duckling with Elsewhen Press, and Schooled in Magic through Twilight Times Books.
As a matter of principle, all of Chris's self-published Kindle books are DRM-free.
Chris has a blog where he published updates, snippets and world-building notes at http://chrishanger.wordpress.com/ and a website at http://www.chrishanger.net.
Chris is currently living in Edinburgh with his partner, muse, and critic Aisha.
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Fair installment of the series

Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2019

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This set of linked short stories are a good but not great contribution to the author's main series of novels. I would highly recommend you read the series starting at the beginning or you really won't understand the context for some of these stories. Part of the fun of these series is being immersed in a complex alternate world with all of it's personal drama, politics and conflict. You will miss a lot by just dropping in on this small slice of that universe. The book is edited decently for the most part.

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Mike in PDX

Does not provide a Carrera fix!

Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2019

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I bought this without reading the full description and was expecting some short stories in Carrera's world. They turned out to be from a time before Carrera. I forced myself to read the whole thing. Some of the stories were mildly interesting and included some combat scenes, but if I could do it over, I would not spend the time or money again.

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Duffy

A very good read

Reviewed in the United States on September 8, 2019

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Provides some in depth detail on the background of the Geopolitical situation in Tom Kratman's Carreraverse.

Several of the stories are worthy of the screen, big or small.

The Long, Dark Goodnight would make a fantastic story on screen.

All in all, a good set of reads for any Fan of Heinlein, Pournelle, Ringo or Kratman.

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William Beahan

Another great book set in a great setting

Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2019

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If you are smart enough to realize that the UN is anti-freedom then this is the book for you!!! Great stories by great authors. I had it finished within 48 hours of its arrival.

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Phantom Cruiser

Back to Terra Nova

Reviewed in the United States on October 8, 2019

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This is a collection of short stories all dealing with the new planet and her newly established colonies. Many of the places are very familiar to those readers of the "Carreraverse" and some long back stories are fleshed out here. Leading to some new questions (of course).
Good reading all around.

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G. S. A. Estus

A must read for Kratman fans

Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2019

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The Col has put together a top notch group of authors to write stories set in his universe. well written individual stories separate yet adding to the whole. I literally had a hard time putting it down. Each small story is a part of the big picture. Like frames from a movie.

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Chandler

Solid exploration and history in the Carreraverse

Reviewed in the United States on August 19, 2019

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The authors all did an excellent job of delineating the history of Terra Nova, from the ill-fated Cheng Ho mission up to Col. Kratman's story, which finished the anthology. Eagerly awaiting further books in the series, as well as the culmination of the Carrera arc. Well worth reading.

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A. Yoshida

Worth the Read

Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2019

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This is worth the read overall. Some of the stories are only ok, but at least three of them - the one set in alt-Vietnam, the one in alt-Mexico, and the one regarding the UN are excellent and more than enough to encourage me to pick up the next volume.

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CYMRO

Curate's Trixie Eggs Short Story Collection.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 16, 2020

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Most of these short stories are good,I enjoyed some more than others,as is inevitable in any Multi-Author Collection. Adds a LITTLE to the "CarreraVerse" as to what happened on Terra Nova before the Worlds turned. I had hoped that there would have been a Collection on the Wars between the Terra Nova States prior to the MAIN story line,but that it seems is unlikely. As ever,we must await the next episode in the Main story line as regards the change of status of the Tauran Union,etc.Can but hope the next and last[hopefully not!]volume will come out faster than the last one!

Ian Hannant

Good read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 20, 2019

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Great introduction to the Carrera series, fleshing out the back story, hinted at in the Krattman books. The stories are well written and mesh well together. Damn good read TBH. Can't wait for the second in the series.

Scott Osmond

Great Lineup

Reviewed in Australia on August 25, 2019

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Kratman has assembled a great team for this collection. Terra Nova is the canvas on which the messy future of humanity is painted. All the vertues and vices of the powerful and powerless are on display. It's hard to tell which was the best but the first entry deserves an honourable mention. Modern policeing from what I've read in the media and have been told by recently retired officers is a mess of sensitivity training, insane levels of paperwork and identity politics. Shoehorn this concept of policeing on a multi-ethnic and national colony ship to the stars. Oh, and try not to cry as things inevitably unravel. I can't say I enjoyed it as it's only to possible given modern politics and international governance. The other stories cover the budding resistance to the UN's polocies. Lest a reader think some of the activities described are over the top read how UN peacekeepers treat locals where they operate. I'll be eager to read the next collection of stories in this setting.

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