Inc Audible

Observed by a ghost of the Vietnam War for one million years, the descendants of survivors of a cruise to the Galapagos Archipielago prove Darwin's Theory of Evolution. The ghost of a shipbuilder tells the story of an ill-fated cruise to the Galapagos Islands.

"Captain John 'Black Jack' Geary has come home after a century of cryogenic sleep to find the war between the Alliance and the Syndicate Worlds still raging. A legendary hero, he is promoted to fleet admiral - even though the ruling council fears he may stage a military coup." -- Back cover.

"The war may be over, but ["Black Jack"] Geary and his newly christened First Fleet have been ordered back into action to investigate the aliens occupying the far side of Syndic space and to determine how much of a threat they represent to the Alliance."--from publisher's description.

It's barely a few months since the shambling dead began to rise. Now nine people are trapped in an English country house together by the zombie horde outside. There's a journalist, a student, a professor, a surgeon, a housekeeper, a math teacher, a bank clerk, a taciturn Scotswoman, and a celebrity actor. They're strangers to each other. Ther'd be no reason for any of them to harm the others. And yet...before their first night in the hosue is done,...

Captain John "Black Jack" Geary tries a desperate gamble to lead the Alliance Fleet home-through enemy-occupied space-only to lose half the Fleet to an unexpected mutiny.

Admiral John "Black Jack" Geary was revived from cryogenic sleep to lead the Alliance against the Syndicate Worlds. But his superiors question his loyalty to the regime. Now in command of the First Fleet, he is tasked with exploring the frontier beyond Syndic space, a mission he fears deliberately puts the fleet--and himself--in harm's way. An encounter with the alien enigmas confirms Geary's fears. Attacked without warning, he orders the fleet to...

After the loss of her parents, Serenity Smith receives an unexpected letter from a relative she's never met. When she travels all the way from Washington, D.C., to the family's estate in the Brittany region of France, she's greeted with cold politeness by the Comtesse de Kergallen -- her grandmother -- and the charming, insufferable Christophe. As she learns of the wild grievances they hold against her parents, Serenity is determined to prove the...