Jack Campbell Livres

Débordé par la puissance de feu des Mondes syndiqués, le légendaire capitaine « Black Jack » Geary poursuit son dangereux repli à travers l'espace ennemi. « Ressuscité des morts » au bout d'un siècle d'animation suspendue et rendu à la flotte de l'Alliance, il tente désespérément de la ramener au bercail avec son précieux trophée, la clef de l'hypernet du Syndic, qui est aussi celle de la victoire... La flotte ne comptait pas s'attarder dans le système en déshérence de Sutrah, mais c'était avant d'apprendre qu'il hébergeait des milliers de prisonniers de guerre. Dont le flamboyant capitaine Francesco Falco, autrefois adoré des médias et des foules, adulé par ses troupes, privé de combats et de gloire par vingt ans de captivité. Héros contre héros, « Black Jack » contre Falco le « battant », un duel d'influence se prépare au sein de la flotte. Le plus grand danger désormais ne vient-il pas de l'intérieur ?

Un siècle après sa défaite et sa disparition dans un combat spatial, le capitaine John Geary se réveille à bord d’un cuirassé dont il ne reconnaît ni l’équipage ni les coutumes. On lui apprend qu’on l’a récupéré dans une capsule d’hibernation. Il prend peu à peu conscience que la guerre à laquelle il participait et qui opposait deux blocs de la Galaxie, le Syndic et sa propre Alliance, perdure au bout de cent ans. Les belligérants ne sont pas loin d’être à genoux. La dernière manœuvre de l’Alliance, qui se voulait décisive, a totalement échoué, et sa flotte, déjà décapitée par le Syndic, est menacée de destruction totale. Or John Geary se rend compte que son dernier geste de résistance à l’ennemi, cent ans plus tôt, a fait de lui une figure de légende : l’héroïque « Black Jack » Geary, révéré, adulé par toute l’Alliance. Ce Rip Van Winkle du futur se voit bien malgré lui confier le sort de la flotte et, partant, celui de l’Alliance. En dépit de sa réticence et de l’écœurement que lui inspire l’idolâtrie dont il est l’objet, aura-t-il la force de ramener vers sa lointaine patrie l’armada de bâtiments blessés dont il est désormais responsable, avec la clef de l’hypernet du Syndic, atout majeur de cette guerre, cachée à bord de l’Intrépide, son vaisseau amiral...? Un récit nerveux et palpitant, avec de vrais personnages, d’une qualité comparable aux premiers Honor Harrington. Le meilleur du space opera militaire.

Trapped inside the Empire, Captain Jules of Landfall has to use every deadly trick and strategy she knows to avoid recapture by the Emperor's legions, and stay alive despite every attempt the Mages make to kill her. The only chance to get away may require walking back into the trap she barely escaped the first time. But even her freedom won't be enough. The prophecy that consumes Jules's life demands she has an heir to carry on her line. Yet how can she satisfy that while being hunted everywhere? And what might the prophecy cause to happen if she doesn't have a child? Battling wind, waves, implacable Mage assassins, and Imperial ships, Jules is forced to turn to an unlikely ally--the hated Mechanics. She must gather men, women, and ships from all of the new settlements to face the Imperial legionaries and galleys. For only Jules can lead the free people of the west in the final battle that could be their salvation--or the destruction of all that she's fought for.

Includes an excerpt from The lost stars: Shattered spear.

Now captain of her own pirate ship, Jules of Landfall faces ambushes by Mage assassins and threats from Mechanics who can't decide whether to kill her or try to use her for their own ends. The Emperor has made her an offer he doesn't think she can refuse, but Jules wants nothing to do with that gilded cage. Now, the Emperor's forces are redoubling their efforts to capture her. The free ships of the pirates have never gathered around any single leader, but when the Mechanics seek to limit the power of the Empire, Jules realizes it offers her a means to grow the strength of the free people escaping the Emperor's grasp. Gaining access to the strange Mechanic weapons known as "revolvers", she marshals her forces in an unprecedented attempt to capture an Imperial settlement. Ultimately, Jules must play the three greatest powers in the world against each other, in a desperate gambit to survive.

Admiral John "Black Jack" Geary navigates treacherous waters as he leads the Alliance fleet on a diplomatic mission in uncharted territory inhabited by an enigmatic alien species. Complications arise from hostile human factions and the arrival of a technologically superior alien race, escalating the stakes. Geary faces a moral dilemma when ordered to act against his principles, forcing him to weigh the consequences of his decisions on his fleet and the fragile Alliance he strives to protect.

Dematr is a world ruled by the diametrically opposed Mage and Mechanic Guilds. For centuries, the two Great Guilds have been bitter rivals. But now a Storm approaches, one that could sweep away everything that humans have built. Only one person has any chance of uniting enough of the world behind to stop the Storm. Mari is a brilliant young Mechanic, just out of the Guild Halls, where she has spent most of her life learning how to run the steam locomotives and other devices of her Guild. Alain is the youngest Mage ever to learn how to change the world he sees with the power of his mind. Each has been taught that the works of the other's Guild are frauds. But when their caravan is destroyed, they must join forces. Their union could save the world from the approaching Storm, but it could also upend the Great Guilds who will stop at nothing to preserve their power. Mari and Alain will have to choose between protecting their lives and their Guilds, or risking everything to protect Dematr from the coming Storm.

On the world of Dematr, the Emperor and his legions rule over the lands on the eastern side of the Sea of Bakre, and the Great Guilds rule over the Emperor and his subjects. The Mechanics Guild, whose members claim they came from the stars, controls technology far beyond that of the swords and sailing ships of the common people, while the Mage Guild wields strange powers that terrify all who face them. Jules, an orphan from the Imperial city of Landfall, has fought her way up to become an officer in training with the Emperor's fleet. But her plans and her life are shattered when a Mage prophesizes that a daughter of her line will one day overthrow the Great Guilds and free the world. In that moment, the prophecy takes over her life. The Mages plot to kill her, the Mechanics try to find ways to use her, and the Emperor seeks to coerce her into having his children. Unwilling to surrender her life to serving the prophecy, Jules makes her escape by joining the crew of a pirate ship. As she fights for her comrades' freedom as well as her own, she learns that the world is finally changing. But if that change triggers all-out war between the Great Guilds and the Empire, it may well devastate the world rather than free it.

Admiral John "Black Jack" Geary fears the greatest threat to humanity may be itself in this gripping continuation of the New York Times bestselling series. číst celé

Admiral John "Black Jack" Geary may have saved the Alliance only to destroy it, in this thrilling and eagerly awaited continuation of the New York Times bestselling series.Geary believed in the Alliance. Even when he uncovered overwhelming evidence that the highest echelons of the government and fleet command were involved in secret programs and prison camps, he believed it was worth saving. And that his duty was to see that justice was served even though some factions feared that revealing the truth would cause the Alliance to crumble.But after narrowly surviving two assassination attempts when he brings evidence of the misdeeds to the capital star system, Geary realizes that some have decided the easiest way to make the Alliance's problems go away is to get rid of him. He finds himself ordered to undertake a perilous new mission outside of the reaches of human-occupied space while the Senate clashes over the evidence.Geary's warships must escort a diplomatic and scientific mission across the dangerous, disintegrating remnants of the Syndicate Worlds empire. But even if he can make it to Midway Star System, the gateway to alien-controlled space, Geary will face former Syndicate officials who have rebelled and regard the Alliance with deep suspicion. And that will be the easy part. . . .