by Candy Rae
WOLVES AND WAR
Candy Rae
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Wolves and War
Copyright © 2013 Candy Rae
All characters in this publication are fictitious and any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of the author.
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Mary – S Illinois, USA
“I found this book to be totally fascinating – it’s a very unique look at species not normally known to be sentient; characters are well done and the story leaves you waiting for the next instalment. What a great story!”
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Wolves and War is dedicated to my husband Jim. Without his support I would never have begun to write and Planet Wolf would never have been anything more than a dream.
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BOOKS BY CANDY RAE
PLANET WOLF - Wolves and War - Conflict and Courage - Homage and Honour - Dragons and Destiny - Valour and Victory - Paws and Planets - Tales and Tales - Ambition and Alavidha
DRAGON WULF - Journey and Jeopardy - Gossamer and Grass - Flames and Freedom
T’QUEL MAGIC - Ephemeral Boundary - Enduring Barrier - Eternal Bulwark
Kill by Cure
INSURGENCY (2017) - Rascals and Renegades - Outlaws and Overlords - Soldiers and Songsters
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Artwork Copyright © 2010 Jennifer Johnson
Proofreading by Irene Rixson, Auchterarder, Scotland
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Prologue
Chapter 1 (Northern Continent)
Chapter 2 (Northern Continent)
Chapter 3 (Northern Continent)
Chapter 4 (Northern Continent)
Chapter 5 (Northern Continent)
Chapter 6 (Southern Continent)
Chapter 7 (Southern Continent)
Chapter 8 (Northern Continent)
Chapter 9 (Northern Continent)
Chapter 10 (Southern Continent)
Chapter 11 (Southern Continent)
Chapter 12 (Southern Continent)
Chapter 13 (Southern Continent)
Chapter 14 (Southern Continent)
Chapter 15 (Northern and Southern Continents)
Chapter 16 (Northern Continent)
Chapter 17 (Northern Continent)
Chapter 18 (Northern Continent)
Chapter 19 (Northern Continent)
Chapter 20 (Southern Continent)
Chapter 21 (Northern Continent)
Chapter 22 (Northern Continent)
Chapter 23 (Northern Continent)
Chapter 24 (Northern Continent)
Chapter 25 (Northern Continent)
Chapter 26 (Northern Continent)
Chapter 27 (Southern Continent)
Chapter 28 (Northern Continent)
Chapter 29 (Northern Continent)
Chapter 30 (Southern Continent)
Character List and Glossary
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PROLOGUE
In the twenty-fourth century, a convoy of seven spherical deep-space vessels set out from the main space facility that sat in permanent orbit over a dying Earth. Six were directly bound for a colony world light-years away.
The seventh ship was different. Although the World Coalition Prison Ship Electra would eventually head for Riga to drop off the much needed heavy machinery, tools and transport vehicles, it would first make a detour to another, less hospitable planet, where it would unload its animate cargo before rejoining its sister ships. The Electra’s animate ‘cargo’ was made up of some of the vilest criminal classes on the planet.
The journey of the seven ships was planned to take twenty years. The on-board living quarters were extensive. The colonists spent the time training for their new lives in the ship sections designed for that purpose and were looking to the future with a great deal of optimism.
Twelve years out from Earth, disaster struck.
The seven ships plunged one by one into a huge cosmic storm and only two survived. One was the World Coalition Colony Ship Argyll with some eight thousand colonists and crew on board, the other the WCPS Electra, carrying twenty thousand male convicts.
Independently of each other and against all odds, both ships endeavoured to find and safely land on a planet that could sustain human life.
Unknown to the humans, they were not the only sentient life forms inhabiting this strange new world.
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