Expeditionary Force

by First-Time Novelist Kenneth Brittian

Publisher: Port Town Publishing

Genre: Science-Fiction/Civil War

Book synopsis:

"Expeditionary Force" tells the story of a war between two primitive alien races, one civilized village dwellers and the other savage nomads. With the Sleebok threatening to overwhelm the Kandirians, the village dwellers are willing grab at any chance to save their civilization from annihilation. An opportunity soon presents itself in the form of a strange portal to another world - a world that turns out to be the state of Georgia in the year 1864. Not only does a Kandirian scholar learn English from a cache of schoolbooks, but he also discovers the advanced weaponry used by Earth troops. The knowledge solidifies the intentions of the Kandirian king; he will ask for human help in the form of troops and weapons. When contact is made with members of the Confederate army, General Joe Johnston agrees to give aid in the form of a small expeditionary force. More soldiers will follow in exchange for large amounts of Kandirian gold to aid the tottering Confederacy. The book then follows the trials and tribulations of the expeditionary force's leader, Major Lucas Starr, as he tries to hold his little command together against distrustful Kandirians and equally distrustful Confederates while waging war against hordes of death-crazed savages. The fates of two worlds hang in the balance.

You can purchase this book from Port Town Publishing.

ISBN: 0-9740833-4-8

Author Bio:

Ken Brittian is a 33 year old research scientist from La Grange, Kentucky, who is a voracious reader of history as well as an avid collector of military artifacts from Imperial Rome to the Gulf War.

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