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  • Published: 15 May 2010
  • ISBN: 9780345513700
  • Imprint: Random House Worlds
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $16.99
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Helfort's War Book 3: The Battle of Devastation Reef





Military science fiction adventure remains one of the bestselling forms of science fiction. David Weber, John Ringo and Del Rey's own Elizabeth Moon all enjoy New York Times bestseller status. Graham Sharp Paul has the talent to rank among them.

If he survives, hell just may freeze over.

The savage Hammer Worlds are not only near invincible but almost certain to win their war to crush the Federated Worlds and control humanspace–unless the Feds can find and destroy their secret antimatter warhead facility.

Only dreadnoughts, the lone Federated ships able to withstand antimatter missile attacks, can do the job, and only Lieutenant Michael Helfort has the skill to lead them. But skill may not be enough, because Helfort is more than the newly appointed captain: He’s a hero, and this means that his own senior officers want him to fail–and that the enemy’s kingpin wants him dead.

Helfort’s early victories merely intensify everyone’s determination. No action is too low, no price too high, to bring him down–with treachery, or betrayal, or an offer he can’t refuse, even if it means selling out his own side.

  • Published: 15 May 2010
  • ISBN: 9780345513700
  • Imprint: Random House Worlds
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 368
  • RRP: $16.99
Categories:

About the author

Graham Sharp Paul

Graham Sharp Paul, born in Sri Lanka, received an honors degree in archaeology and anthropology from Cambridge University and an MBA from Macquarie University. He joined the Royal Navy in 1972, qualifying as a mine warfare and clearance diving officer before reaching the rank of lieutenant commander with the Navy's mine warfare flotilla. In 1983 he transferred to the Royal Australian Navy, serving in its Trials & Assessments Unit and Clearance Diving School before transferring to civilian life in 1987. Paul worked for two Australian companies in the banking and media sectors before setting up his own business development and corporate finance consultancy in 1991. Over the next twelve years he worked on a worldwide range of projects. In 2003 he gave up corporate life to write full-time. He is also the author of The Battle at the Moons of Hell and The Battle of the Hammer Worlds, the first two novels in his Helfort's War series. Paul has three sons and lives in Sydney with his wife, Vicki.

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Praise for Helfort's War Book 3: The Battle of Devastation Reef

PRAISE FOR THE HELFORT'S WAR SERIES

"A planet-stomping space opera that bursts off the page like a tactical nuke."
- John Birmingham, author of Weapons of Choice

"The action is exciting and extremely tense. . . . Space combat [with] a visceral, almost physically punishing feel."
- John Markley, CrucialTaunt.com

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