David Nairn

Hard military science fiction

One continuous interstellar war, told across four eras and more than a century — the same squad, from civil war to final reckoning.

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The Black

A reserve crew strapped into jump seats in the cold hold of a troop transport, waiting

The war starts the way wars do: with a decision made far away by people who will never see the result. No fleet battles, no triumph — the decisive acts here are refusals, and the cost is paid in people.

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The Emergence War

Start here — the saga, 18 books in four movements

A school logged as a warehouse, a clinic filed as a depot: the lawful order Delta is handed on Mars is a massacre with paperwork. Refusing it is where everything begins.

The Reserve

Alongside the opening — 4 books

The crews who were never meant to be called up, and what happens when they are.

The Whisper Line

Fleet-action twist shorts — 8 stories

A fresh crew every entry, six chapters, and a turn at the end.

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