Three hundred years from now, Humanity on a hundred and fifty planets have gone to war with each other. And everyone in this platoon hopes Sergeant Mary Rodrigo can figure out a way for them to surrender before anyone gets hurt. This crew isn't your usual square jawed space Marines. Now they're fighting for their lives against Ray Longknife's proud 2nd Guard Brigade as all of them struggle to find a way out of this madness for themselves, and maybe all humanity

And while all humanity is bleeding themselves dry, lurking in the darkness of deep space is something beyond our worst nightmare.
First Casualty, a Jump Universe novel by Mike Shepherd
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Jump Universe series #1
Two green draftees of the Society of Humanity. Two career soldiers invested with the cause of the United Colonies. These four soldiers on opposing sides of battle are about to discover the true nature of this terrible war--a quest for profit--from the high command of both sides. What they will risk is nothing less than their lives. For although truth is the first casualty of war, it won't be the last.
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The Price of Peace, a Jump Universe novel by Mike Shepherd
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Jump Universe series #2
In the wake of the war between the Society of Humanity and the Unity Party, military ship Captain Inez Umboto and Lieutenant Terrance 'Trouble' Tordon patrol the universe. But in the no-man's-land of Rim Space, pirates roam freely. And Umboto and Tordon will soon learn that enforcing the peace can be just as expensive as fighting the war...
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They Also Serve, a Jump Universe novel by Mike Shepherd
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Jump Universe series #3
When a bad space jump flings their starship thousands of light-years away from home, Ray Longknife and Mark Rodrigo make an amazing discovery: a planet inhabited by the descendants of a ship’s crew—lost three hundred years earlier. As acting ambassador, Longknife is eager to welcome the planet’s population back into the fold of humanity. But Rodrigo is suspicious. She senses that something is wrong under the planet’s veneer of peace and prosperity. And she’s right....
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To Do Or Die, a Jump Universe novel by Mike Shepherd
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Jump Universe series #4
Retired Colonel Ray Longknife and Marine Captain Terrence 'Trouble' Tordon came to Savannah via different routes, but what they find is the same. One bully strongman intent on keeping power no matter what the new rules are for peace. He’s got the population cowered by thugs, and tanks at the ready. He doesn’t expect trouble. Or, in this case, Mrs. Trouble—aka Ruth Tordon—on a mission to find the drug lords that almost killed her and her husband and put them out of business.
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