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Tartarus Gate

The Collapse Series, Book 1

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Tartarus Gate

By: Matthew P. Gilbert
Narrated by: Gary Bennett
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The Empire is dead!

And Captain Josiah Bleys, smuggler and charmer though he may be, is likely to soon follow unless he is willing to at least pretend to be something he loathes: a hero. His "pal" Chief Ragnar Kane, one of the Emperor's finest warriors, likewise harbors no aspirations toward gallantry, just increasing his kill count.

Fate, however, has other plans. The mighty galaxy-spanning Terran Empire is mortally wounded, brought to its knees by a terrifying intelligent plague from hyperspace. The core worlds are mass graves, and the government lies in ruins. Outlying colonies, suddenly isolated and without support, are on their own.

Luck (the bad kind) has both men stuck on the icy mining facility on Cerberus, an installation that won't last long without resupply. Bleys and Kane must mount a daring raid on a neighboring planet to retrieve a legendary scientist in the hopes that he can reconnect them to civilization, or they and everyone else at their frozen outpost are doomed.

The trouble is that the scientist isn't exactly willing, nor is he exactly . . . alive.

©2021 Matthew P. Gilbert (P)2022 Tantor
Adventure Fiction Military Science Fiction Space Opera
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It is fine writing, with some cool concepts and ideas. Moments of interesting storytelling but ultimately not my cup of tea

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No negative comments to make at all about this book. Yes there were space marines but thankfully they were no t the lead characters. Imaginative and well read. I Recommend this audio book.

Excellent in all respects

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