Patriots in Retreat<\/h1>\r\n\t\t![\"Patriots](\"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SSF-VI-cover-400x600.jpg\")
<\/div>\t\t\r\n\t\t\tWhen all else is lost, the bonds of war become a cause all their own.<\/h2>\t\t\t\r\n\tGulchina's betrayal has all but sealed the fate of the Outworld Confederacy. As world after world falls before the Gaian Imperial onslaught and the crew of the Merope-7 take losses of their own, a young Imperial agent must decide what she's truly fighting for.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n
<\/div>\r\nOrder Now!<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/a>\r\n\r\n\tAbout the Book<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\tWhen all else is lost, the bonds of war become a cause all their own.<\/strong><\/p>\nIt is the Outworlds’ darkest hour. Gulchina’s betrayal has eliminated the Outworld Confederacy’s only strategic advantage in their war for independence. As the full force of the Gaian Imperial Navy bears down on them, defeat is all but inevitable.<\/p>\n
Mara Soladze fully expected to lose the war. It is not her own life that she fears for, however, but the lives of her men. As world after world falls before the Imperial onslaught, those fears may soon be realized.<\/p>\n
No commander is ever fully prepared to watch their men make the ultimate sacrifice, but that may no longer be avoidable in<\/p>\n
SONS OF THE STARFARERS<\/strong>
\nBOOK VI: PATRIOTS IN RETREAT<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/a>\r\n\r\n\tDetails<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\tAuthor:<\/span> Joe Vasicek<\/a><\/span>
\t\t\tSeries:<\/span> Sons of the Starfarers<\/a>, Book 6<\/span>
\t\t\tGenres:<\/span> Military<\/a>, Science Fiction<\/a>, Space Opera<\/a><\/span>
\t\t\tTag:<\/span> 2018 Release<\/a><\/span>
\t\t\t\t\t\tPublication Year:<\/span> January 2018<\/span>
\t\t\t\t\t\tLength:<\/span> Short novel<\/span>
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tList Price:<\/span> $9.99<\/span>
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<\/div>\t\t\tJoe Vasicek<\/div>\t\tJoe Vasicek fell in love with science fiction and fantasy when he read The Neverending Story as a child. He is the author of more than twenty books, including Genesis Earth, Gunslinger to the Stars, The Sword Keeper, and the Sons of the Starfarers series. As a young man, he studied Arabic at Brigham Young University and traveled across the Middle East and the Caucasus Mountains. He lives in Utah with his wife and two apple trees.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t<\/div>\t
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>Other Books in the \"Sons of the Starfarers\"<\/div>![](\"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SSF-I-cover.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>Brothers in Exile<\/a><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/SSF-II-cover.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>Comrades in Hope<\/a><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/SSF-III-cover-266x400.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>Strangers in Flight<\/a><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/SSF-IV-cover-267x400.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>Friends in Command<\/a><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SSF-V-cover-400x600.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>Captives in Obscurity<\/a><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/SSF7-cover-533x800.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>A Queen in Hiding<\/a><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/SSF-VIII-cover-533x800.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>An Empire in Disarray<\/a><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/SSF-IX-cover-533x800.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>Victors in Liberty<\/a><\/div><\/div>![](\"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SSF1-9-ebook-cover-533x800.jpg\")
<\/a><\/div>The Complete Sons of the Starfarers<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Some of the links in the page above are \"affiliate links.\" This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I will receive an affiliate commission. You will not receive any additional charge.\r\n\r\nAs an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.<\/div><\/div> <\/div> \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"So this blog has been silent for a while\u2014basically, ever since I said that the blog would be the last thing to get up to speed when I’m back to 100%. Don’t worry about me, I’m doing just fine. Right now, I’m finishing up A Queen in Hiding and getting it ready to send out… Continue reading Sorry for dropping off the face of the Earth<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1070,1071,1019,855,1072],"tags":[891,985],"class_list":["post-11510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ssf-vii","category-ssf-viii","category-ssf-vi","category-ssf","category-ssf-ix","tag-publishing-schedule","tag-wips","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7iXK-2ZE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11510"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11512,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11510\/revisions\/11512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/div>\t\tWhen all else is lost, the bonds of war become a cause all their own.<\/h2>\t\t\t\r\n\tGulchina's betrayal has all but sealed the fate of the Outworld Confederacy. As world after world falls before the Gaian Imperial onslaught and the crew of the Merope-7 take losses of their own, a young Imperial agent must decide what she's truly fighting for.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n
<\/div>\r\nOrder Now!<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/a>\r\n\r\n\tAbout the Book<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\tWhen all else is lost, the bonds of war become a cause all their own.<\/strong><\/p>\nIt is the Outworlds’ darkest hour. Gulchina’s betrayal has eliminated the Outworld Confederacy’s only strategic advantage in their war for independence. As the full force of the Gaian Imperial Navy bears down on them, defeat is all but inevitable.<\/p>\n
Mara Soladze fully expected to lose the war. It is not her own life that she fears for, however, but the lives of her men. As world after world falls before the Imperial onslaught, those fears may soon be realized.<\/p>\n
No commander is ever fully prepared to watch their men make the ultimate sacrifice, but that may no longer be avoidable in<\/p>\n
SONS OF THE STARFARERS<\/strong>
\nBOOK VI: PATRIOTS IN RETREAT<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/a>\r\n\r\n\tDetails<\/div>\r\n\t\r\n\t\t\r\n\t\t\tAuthor:<\/span> Joe Vasicek<\/a><\/span>
\t\t\tSeries:<\/span> Sons of the Starfarers<\/a>, Book 6<\/span>
\t\t\tGenres:<\/span> Military<\/a>, Science Fiction<\/a>, Space Opera<\/a><\/span>
\t\t\tTag:<\/span> 2018 Release<\/a><\/span>
\t\t\t\t\t\tPublication Year:<\/span> January 2018<\/span>
\t\t\t\t\t\tLength:<\/span> Short novel<\/span>
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tList Price:<\/span> $9.99<\/span>
\t\t\teBook Price:<\/span> $2.99<\/span>
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<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/a>Other Books in the \"Sons of the Starfarers\"<\/div><\/a><\/div>Brothers in Exile<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div>Comrades in Hope<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div>Strangers in Flight<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div>Friends in Command<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div>Captives in Obscurity<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div>A Queen in Hiding<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div>An Empire in Disarray<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div>Victors in Liberty<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/a><\/div>The Complete Sons of the Starfarers<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Some of the links in the page above are \"affiliate links.\" This means if you click on the link and purchase the item, I will receive an affiliate commission. You will not receive any additional charge.\r\n\r\nAs an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.<\/div><\/div> <\/div> \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"So this blog has been silent for a while\u2014basically, ever since I said that the blog would be the last thing to get up to speed when I’m back to 100%. Don’t worry about me, I’m doing just fine. Right now, I’m finishing up A Queen in Hiding and getting it ready to send out… Continue reading Sorry for dropping off the face of the Earth<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1070,1071,1019,855,1072],"tags":[891,985],"class_list":["post-11510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ssf-vii","category-ssf-viii","category-ssf-vi","category-ssf","category-ssf-ix","tag-publishing-schedule","tag-wips","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7iXK-2ZE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11510"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11512,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11510\/revisions\/11512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Gulchina's betrayal has all but sealed the fate of the Outworld Confederacy. As world after world falls before the Gaian Imperial onslaught and the crew of the Merope-7 take losses of their own, a young Imperial agent must decide what she's truly fighting for.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n
When all else is lost, the bonds of war become a cause all their own.<\/strong><\/p>\n It is the Outworlds’ darkest hour. Gulchina’s betrayal has eliminated the Outworld Confederacy’s only strategic advantage in their war for independence. As the full force of the Gaian Imperial Navy bears down on them, defeat is all but inevitable.<\/p>\n Mara Soladze fully expected to lose the war. It is not her own life that she fears for, however, but the lives of her men. As world after world falls before the Imperial onslaught, those fears may soon be realized.<\/p>\n No commander is ever fully prepared to watch their men make the ultimate sacrifice, but that may no longer be avoidable in<\/p>\n SONS OF THE STARFARERS<\/strong> Joe Vasicek fell in love with science fiction and fantasy when he read The Neverending Story as a child. He is the author of more than twenty books, including Genesis Earth, Gunslinger to the Stars, The Sword Keeper, and the Sons of the Starfarers series. As a young man, he studied Arabic at Brigham Young University and traveled across the Middle East and the Caucasus Mountains. He lives in Utah with his wife and two apple trees.<\/p>\n<\/div>\t<\/div>\t So this blog has been silent for a while\u2014basically, ever since I said that the blog would be the last thing to get up to speed when I’m back to 100%. Don’t worry about me, I’m doing just fine. Right now, I’m finishing up A Queen in Hiding and getting it ready to send out… Continue reading Sorry for dropping off the face of the Earth<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1070,1071,1019,855,1072],"tags":[891,985],"class_list":["post-11510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ssf-vii","category-ssf-viii","category-ssf-vi","category-ssf","category-ssf-ix","tag-publishing-schedule","tag-wips","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7iXK-2ZE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11510"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11512,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11510\/revisions\/11512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nBOOK VI: PATRIOTS IN RETREAT<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t<\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/a>\r\n
\t\t\tSeries:<\/span> Sons of the Starfarers<\/a>, Book 6<\/span>
\t\t\tGenres:<\/span> Military<\/a>, Science Fiction<\/a>, Space Opera<\/a><\/span>
\t\t\tTag:<\/span> 2018 Release<\/a><\/span>
\t\t\t\t\t\tPublication Year:<\/span> January 2018<\/span>
\t\t\t\t\t\tLength:<\/span> Short novel<\/span>
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tList Price:<\/span> $9.99<\/span>
\t\t\teBook Price:<\/span> $2.99<\/span>
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