Across Enemy Space

by L.J. Simpson

The Alliance and the Combine have been at war for decades, fighting a battle of attrition in a conflict that knows no end. Now, aided by a mole at the very top of the Alliance chain of command, the Combine has stolen the initiative, outmaneuvering the Alliance fleet and thrusting ever deeper into Alliance territory.
Newly promoted General Torrance, Commander in Chief, Alliance Air and Ground Forces, is charged with stemming the tide – halting the string of defeats and checking the enemy’s advance into the Alliance heartland. But before he can take the fight to the enemy, he must first do battle with the enemy within – the appeasers and defeatist elements within his own political hierarchy.
And while the fleet makes its stand, Director of Intelligence Brigadier Faulkner has his own vital mission. He must deploy his counter-intelligence assets to search out the mole and destroy the enemy spy ring before it can fatally damage the Alliance cause.
With both sides seeking the advantage, the very future of the Alliance is left hanging in the balance. Only one man, the bravest of the brave, can break the deadlock by travelling across enemy space in search of new found allies. But is it a lost cause? Is it already too late to save the Alliance? Indeed, is it even real?

293 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 2, 2019

About the author

L.J. Simpson was born in Wolverhampton, England in 1956. He worked primarily in the steel industry until 1990 when he embarked on a fairly radical change of direction, moving to Japan where he opened a small English language school. Married with two grown up children, work still takes up a great deal of his time. The remainder he divides up between taking long walks by the sea with his ever faithful border collie, building model tall ships and writing.

Reviews

[Tom · Rating 5 out of 5]

It started slow, but

When I first started reading this book I was expecting a true Space Opera kind of book you know we've got good guys and bad guys and we're all flying around in ships with super weapons etc. However, this book had a different thought process more of what goes behind the scenes. At first it moved slowly. I didn't know if I was going to like this or not but I kept reading just to see if something would change. Well there was character development there was Intrigue there were five and counterspies and it kept going. It may not be what you're looking for if you're a Space Opera kind of person but for me it turned out to be a very good book.

[J.D. Schechter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent!

If you read only one science fiction novel this year, make this the one. Well developed characters, a nice twisted plot and natural language