Blindside – Book 1 in the Eclipse Trilogy
“As soon as the stealth is off, open a comm channel to the…”
Dawes cut her off mid-order, “Sir, we’re being hailed by Commodore Carter of the EMS Huntsman.”
“Okay, not the type to wait, it seems. Very well. To my screen.”
Ellen’s main screen turned black, displayed the EMC fleet coat of arms which vanished to be replaced by a stern, late-middle aged man in uniform.
“This is Commodore Carter of the Huntsman. Captain Terrell, you will stand your crew down, take your jump drive offline and set you main reactor to stand-by. You will then wait to be boarded.”
“Sorry… Commodore…”
“Captain. Your vessel has been targeted by the fleet. Failure to comply will be regarded as a hostile act. You have thirty seconds to follow my damn orders.” The screen went black.
To her right, the alert systems of both science stations lit up red as the threat detection alarms began screaming on her own display.
When a newly promoted captain of a highly advanced ship goes on a murderous rampage, one of his oldest friends is sent to hunt him down and stop him. In the darkness of space she will find that the man she knew is not who she thought he was… Or is something else going on in her Blindside?
Eclipse is a story of friendship, bravery and deception set against the backdrop of humanity’s first steps into the stars…
