First Command [2-3] - Michael Simon

Written by Michael Simon
Read by Ryan Kennard Burke
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 128 Kbps

A crew of young soldiers mustering the courage to fight back against both a vicious alien enemy, and the terrifying void of being stranded in space.
(15 hours and 36 minutes)

#2 Second Chances

Humanity’s war with the Coven is going badly.

Fleet simply doesn’t have the ships or the manpower to counter the alien’s vast reserves, so Cole Jackson is hauled out of his self-imposed exile and ordered back to the front. The Admirals are gambling on a miracle; that he and his crew can repeat the success of his First Command by repairing vessels and sending them into battle. And maybe snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.

#3 Trinity

Humanity balances on the cusp of extinction.

The Coven Empire is preparing one final push to penetrate Fleet lines and invade the inner planets. What follows will be servitude, suffering, and death.

Cole Jackson and his small crew of misfits are trapped behind enemy lines, frantically trying to cobble together functioning starships while avoiding enemy patrols. It’s Fate that sees Jackson resurrect Freedom, the ship where he was first posted but now a derelict relegated to the military scrapyard. Using stolen alien technology, they seize a Coven prison colony and rescue captured Fleet personnel.
(15 hours and 14 minutes)

Aethon Audio, 2025