The fleet of the damned
No romance or no physical intimacy at all.
Closed door. No anatomical or crude language.
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Sten's luck seems to have deserted him. He had barely scraped through Imperial flight school when he was assigned a tacdivision in the Fringe Worlds, where the Imperial officers were concerned with anything other than honing their fighting skills.The enemy couldn't have picked a better time or place to launch their long-planned attack against the Empire. But Sten won't give up without a fight ... More information on this book and others can be found at the Orbit webste at www.orbitbooks.co.uk
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