Fleet of Angels
The Award-Winning Novel
by: Carl R. Merritt
Do you enjoy reading science fiction that
is so good you can't put the book down until the very last page has been read?
Do you like novels that are so well written that they make you feel as if you're
part of the story? Are you ready for fresh ideas and a new style of
writing in the genre of sci-fi?
If so, the award-winning novel, Fleet of Angels, is for you!
Terror in the Heavens!
The year is 2376 AD. The war in space has been going on for three quarters of a century. Earth, along with its only ally, zTurmia, is fighting an impossible battle to defend the Milky Way from the horned aliens from Andromeda known only as the Satanians. Having been given advanced technology from the zTurms, Earth builds eighteen fleets of gigantic warships to turn back this invasion.
This
story is about one of those great armadas, the 2nd Fleet . . . also known as the
Fleet of Angels.
Note: Fleet of Angels was awarded FIRST PLACE October 28, 2000 at the "First Novel Writing Competition" hosted by Gardenia Press.
Click HERE to view the award.
Meet the Main Characters
Fleet Commander Richard Keller - In command of the 2nd Fleet, Rick thrusts his flagship, the USS Titan, into one impossible battle after another with the Satanians while he wrestles with an inner conflict. Is he losing his self-confidence at only forty-two years of age? Will he make the final mistake that will cost the lives of everyone in the fleet?
Admiral Jack Christopher - A brilliant but aging warrior, Jack transfers to the Titan in hopes of fighting the enemy without the restrictions of his previous assignment. But is he too old and too set in his ways to earn his position as second-in-command of the Titan?
Admiral Paula Keller - Paula is in command of the USS Pisces, Titan's daughtership. She is also third-in-command of the Titan and married to the commander. A fighter to the very end, Paula is forced to disobey Rick's orders time and time again. She is dreading the day when her own husband will be forced to throw her in the brig for good and be done with her.
Commodore Claudia Fields - In command of the converted luxury liner, the USS Jupiter Queen, Claudia is pure seductress and uses her body to drive men crazy. Will the commodore meet her match when she attempts to play her games with Commander Keller? Will she ever be out from under the watchful eyes of the politicians back home and be allowed a fleet of her own?
Defense Commander Theodore Schultz - In charge of the entire United States of Earth Defense Fleet, Ted loses his only remaining family member, his daughter, to the war as her fleet mysteriously disappears in what was thought to be a secure area of space. Will Ted be putting the 2nd Fleet in jeopardy also when he sends them to investigate?
Fleet of Angels
Genre - Science Fiction and Suspense
ISBN: 1-931402-33-7
Now Available
Fleet of Angels
Now Available from Barclay Books, LLC.
