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1.       John Ringo has over **two and a half million** books in print. 2.       He has written **six** ***New York Times* best sellers.**  3.       A veteran of the 82nd Airborne, Ringo brings military characters and their explosive battles to vivid, three-dimensional life. 4.       Travis S. Taylor’s science background complements Ringo’s military realism with scientific realism, praised by *Publishers Weekly* as “dazzling . . . cutting-edge scientific possibilities . . .stimulating and satisfying. . . .” 5.       Full color brochure for the series. 6.       Special kit mailing of brochure and the hardcover edition. . 7.       Trade advertising. 8.       Advertising in *Locus*, *Kliatt*, more. 9.       Teaser chapters for *Claws That Catch* by Ringo and Taylor, and *Storm from the Shadows *by David Weber. 10.   Special backlist discounts for Ringo. ** ** In the midst of recovering from their successful if casualty prone first mission, the crew of the Alliance Space Ship *Vorpal Blade* are suddenly scrambled back into action. All other priorities take second place as word arrives on earth of a gate colony which has fallen to an unidentified alien assault. As the only space ship currently available to the Human-Adar Alliance, the *Vorpal Blade* is dispatched to find out what happened to the colony, rescue any survivors and learn the identity of the attackers. With new complexities added to the universe started in the novel *Into the Looking Glass* and continued in *Vorpal Blade*, *Manxome Foe* continues the tradition of non-stop action, valorous if quirky characters and rigorous science drawn from the frontiers of current theory. The odd-ball crew of the *Vorpal Blade* is an unlikely savior of earth, but none dare say they quail at engaging the Manxome Foe.