The Confederated Worlds: [Take the Shilling, Operation Iago, and A Bodyguard of Lies]

The Confederated Worlds: [Take the Shilling, Operation Iago, and A Bodyguard of Lies]

The fates of worlds depend on one uncommon soldier.

A thousand years from now, while Earth sleeps in virtual reality, the Confederated Worlds, the Unity, and the Progressive Republic connect the scattered, terraformed worlds of humankind by artificial wormholes. When they clash, the fates of worlds depend on one uncommon soldier.

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A thousand years from now, while Earth sleeps in virtual reality, three polities—the Confederated Worlds, the Unity, and the Progressive Republic—strive to connect the scattered, terraformed worlds of humankind by artificial wormholes. When they meet, they clash, in a decades-long struggle of arms that will embroil every human world. In their conflict, the fates of worlds will depend on one uncommon soldier.

The first three novels in The Confederated Worlds series are now available in one volume.

TAKE THE SHILLING The Confederated Worlds implanted in his brain the skills to make him a soldier. Tomas had to learn for himself how to survive interstellar war.

OPERATION IAGO The Confederated Worlds lost the war. Can Lt. Tomas Neumann win the peace against elusive, deceptive foes out to turn the Confederated Worlds against itself?

A BODYGUARD OF LIES Assigned to the halls of power, only Capt. Tomas Neumann can save the Confederated Worlds from the ultimate treachery.

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Series: The Confederated Worlds
Genre: Science Fiction
Tags: audiobooks, box sets
Publisher: CV-2 Books
Publication Year: 2016
Format: ebook, paperback (6
Length: omnibus
Narrator: Tim Brunson
ASIN: B01JQKP62Q
ISBN: 9780999101605
List Price: $34.99
eBook Price: $4.99
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“Military science fiction [concentrating] on the psychology and politics of societies in conflict.”
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About the Author
Raymund Eich

Raymund Eich is a science fiction and fantasy writer whose middle American upbringing is a launchpad for journeys to the ends of the universe.

His most popular works are military science fiction series The Confederated Worlds (novels Take the Shilling, Operation Iago, and A Bodyguard of Lies) and the Stone Chalmers series of science fiction espionage adventures (novels The Progress of Mankind, The Greater Glory of God, To All High Emprise Consecrated, and In Public Convocation Assembled). He has over ten other published book-length works and more than thirty published short stories. His short fiction has appeared in Odyssey, Analog, and the anthology Surviving Tomorrow, and has earned honorable mentions and a semi-finalist award in the Writers of the Future contest. His works are available worldwide in ebook, trade paperback, and audiobook editions.

His most recent prior novel, Exploration 2127, was published in October 2021 by CV-2 Books (https://cv2books.com).

After circling the world by age five, he grew up in the Ozark Mountains of southwest Missouri. He earned a B.A. and a Ph.D., both in biochemistry, from Rice University. Though he’s no longer a working scientist, hundreds of papers cite his graduate research on the reactions of nitric oxide with heme proteins.

In addition to his writing career, he works in patent law, won a national quiz bowl championship, is a husband and father, and affirms Robert Heinlein's dictum that specialization is for insects.

He lives in Houston with his wife, son, and daughter. His last name has one syllable and is pronounced “eye-sh.”

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