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Description for THE INDEPENDENT COMMAND by James Doohan and S M Stirling: THEY'RE SWARMING FOR THE KILL . . . AND WE ARE THE PREY Everybody knows how despicable the alien Fibians a re. They show no mercy and find human flesh delectable. Fielding a gigantic starfleet against Earth and its colonies, they march like the giant spiders they resemble through. humanity's nightmares, and soon they will march across its devastated worlds. Peter Raeder--former fighter pilot, starship flight engineer, and unorthodox war hero--and his ship, Invincible have a desperate mission: to hit the enemy behind the lines. It's a suicide mission, and the battle drives Raeder deeper into alien space than he'd ever intended to go, his ship too damaged ever to return home. And then he discovers that the monstrous Fibians may not be monsters after all.. .. Volume 3 of The Flight Engineer. Show more