The 7 Virtues Series

How do you fight a pandemic? With guns of course!!   -   "What do I know about first contact?... That it happened?" [Leans in] "But I heard it from some legacies that first contact was made before the date everybody knows. Rumor goes that Earth said no, the gols left and their visit was covered up with some rando explanation about weather balloons. Um hm, no that's not a space fleet up there it's weather balloons. That don't have kusay to do with the weather? And left Earth's orbit to measure what exactly? I'm telling you, the past is wacky." [Leans back] "Jury's out on why they said no that maybe first time. Maybe because THE UCRNU IS COMING! is just not a sexy look. Not even when you pair it with 'ej don't panic, we know how to cure it' — but who gets a fire lit under them from 'we don't know when it's coming but it's coming! Maybe. Hundred years or less.' [Rolls eyes] Maybe they thought the G.A. was as full of hot air as weather balloons. Maybe it was a lot easier to blame the gols than to take them at their word — thanks no thanks keep your disease to yourselves. Those suspicious rxws. [Sighs] Or maybe it was just politics, which is probably where that expression comes from. Just politics — nothing personal. Yeah, that sounds about right because back then there was a thing called politicians — or a job I suppose? — where apparently just that handful of people ran the show all on their own and kusay to the majority. Can you believe that? Like that'd fly today. We'd have voted those politicians into exile faster than you can name how many planets aren't in the G.A. — and which ones grant asylum to tyrants. [Snorts] But back to the original question. What's with first contact? [Lifts a shoulder] I'm not much for wasting breath arguing over first or second because it's not about that, it's about the mission-! Oop. Speaking'o why we're here, weapon's charged. Duty calls!"   Signed off Officer Kim - - This is a contemporary story that takes place in a universe where Earth has for the last hundred years or so been a part of the Golgo'tha Alliance, a federation of hundreds of planets united by one objective — bringing an end to the viral threat of the unpredictable plague known within the G.A. as the ucrnu. All of Earth's G.A. Officers swear to that mission but it is those in the Earth-Golgo'tha Unit — spacies to some — who specifically train to uphold it. Spacies travel the galaxies enforcing quarantines and defending against those who would break them but they also have to deal with the homegrown tensions their specialization — unnecessary to some — foments. You can travel across the universe and save entire species but it doesn't amount to much if the home team helps as often as they want you out of the way. - Please note that while the seven books of this series come together as a unit they may be read as standalones.

How do you fight a pandemic? With information. -   "What I opine about 'First Contact' is immaterial." [Leans head to one side] "My data on the communications most widely accepted as 'First Contact' is varied. There are few certainties; it occurred, Integration Day is intergalactically acknowledged as the fourth of July. Do you not posses such general knowledge?" [Walks away]   Officer O'Connor, Earth-Golgo'tha Unit 3 signed off. - - This is a story that takes place in a universe where Earth is a part of the Golgo'tha Alliance, a federation of hundreds of planets united by one objective: bringing an end to the viral threat of the sporadic galaxy-wide pandemic known as the urcnu. All G.A. Officers on Earth swear to that primary mission but it is those in the Earth-Golgo'tha Unit who specifically train to uphold it. It is due to that specialization that spacies are apart; it is being separate that allows them to remain impartial enough to be a decisive force. Spacie is a profession in which sentimentality is not encouraged. - Please note that while the seven books of this series come together as a unit they may be read as standalones. Also note that in this volume Rand appears —as a part of this series he has his own side story titled Temptation.

His name is Rand. Now whether that was always his name...   By the end it would be.  - -  This is a darker story that takes place in the universe of The 7 Virtues but can be read independently to the main series.