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A military science fiction saga about a forgotten Polish colony, a stolen alien FTL drive, and the officer who has to hold the line.
The Expanded Collection · 11 ebooks
Seven main ebooks + four companion ebooks
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Seven main + four companion ebooks
All seven main ebooks plus the four companion ebooks. Eleven ebooks.
Seven main ebooks
Four companion ebooks
$34.99 USD
Individual ebook prices total $47.89
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The seven main ebooks, Book 1 to Book 7.
$29.99 USD
Individual ebook prices total $37.93
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Six main ebooks, Book 2 to Book 7, for readers who already have Rising Storm.
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A forgotten colony. A derelict alien ship. The FTL secret that starts a war.
Selected five-star reader reviews
★★★★★
“A riveting tale of what could become naval warfare in space.”
Jeff Bahls · Amazon Verified Purchase · May 4, 2025
★★★★★
“Strong, well-developed characters, an engaging plot, outstanding action sequences.”
Reader review · May 1, 2025
★★★★★
“Extremely exciting story! I think that this is the best of the series so far.”
Reader review · August 24, 2025
★★★★★
“This series is a joy to read.”
Reader review · July 25, 2026
★★★★★
“Shadow Courier: Ghost Network moves fast and doesn't waste time.”
Reader review · July 2, 2025
★★★★★
“The characters are extremely well rendered. They are relatable.”
Reader review · September 18, 2025
★★★★★
“An absolute triumph in the best traditions of Horatio Hornblower, James Tiberius Kirk and Honor Harrington.”
Shana Pare · Amazon Verified Purchase · May 18, 2025
★★★★★
“Great read and character development, underdog story.”
John Levardsen · Amazon Verified Purchase · January 23, 2026
★★★★★
“This one kept me going until I finished it!”
Reader review · April 26, 2025
★★★★★
“Book has everything you could want in sci-fi. I couldn't put it down.”
Reader review · May 28, 2026
★★★★★
“Another well developed female star ship captain.”
Reader review · May 10, 2025
★★★★★
“Then merged back into the original story line at the end, leaving the reader wanting more!”
Reader review · November 19, 2025
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The main books
Start hereA forgotten colony. A derelict alien ship. The FTL secret that starts a war.
Book 2The drive is stolen. The conspiracy reaches the Admiralty.
Book 3New Volga burns. Maria fights beside the enemy she was built to fear.
Book 4Earth seals the wormhole. The cluster is on its own.
Book 5A disgraced spy, a temperamental courier, and a cylinder nobody was meant to find.
Book 6Three synchronized attacks. Two thousand dead. The Accord is fracturing.
Book 7Out here, there is nobody above him.
Free prequel novella
Before Maria Roszak commanded anything, she was an ensign on an obsolete destroyer, pulling refugees out from under a Caliphate fleet with nothing but a well-drilled crew and a ship everyone else had written off. First Thunder is the prequel novella to The Lightning War — free, and it's yours in about thirty seconds.
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Same universe, other corners
Four companion stories set in the Hyades Cluster. The reading order shows where each fits.
Companion prequelBefore Maria, her mother paid the price of the bubble drive.
Companion novellaAn invisible war for quantum AI, fought inside Polonia Prime.
Companion novellaA doomsday device that tears reality apart, and one captain caught between two fleets.
Companion prequelAn obsolete destroyer, a defector, and the opening move of a conspiracy.
Who's writing this
Miles Phoenix writes military science fiction with the politics left in. The Lightning War is a fleet saga where the hardest problem on the bridge is usually a person, not a missile.
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