Communication Failure
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Cover illustrations copyright © 2017 by Leonardo Calamati
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Names: Zieja, Joseph, author.
Title: Communication failure / Joe Zieja.
Description: First Saga Press hardcover edition | New York, NY : SAGA PRESS, 2017. | Series: Epic failure ; Book two
Identifiers: LCCN 2017007758 (print) | LCCN 2017007770 (eBook) | ISBN 9781481486910 (hardback) | ISBN 9781481486903 (trade paper) | ISBN 9781481486927 (eBook)
Subjects: LCSH: Science fiction. | War stories. | BISAC: FICTION / Science Fiction / Military. | FICTION / Science Fiction / Space Opera. | FICTION / Science Fiction / Adventure.
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Table of Contents
Dedication
1. We’re Invading
2. They’re Invading
3. Back in a Flash
4. The Jammer Thingies
5. Boioioing
6. Flag-Waving
7. Sandwich Hour
8. An Indecent Proposal
9. That Went Well
10. Stick to the Schmurgle
11. Intergalactic Relations
12. Grumbling Bellies
13. A Lesson in Table Manners
14. The Bun of Power
15. Does Stockholm Have Toast?
16. Eureka!
17. Milk Run
18. An Epidemic of Face-Kicking
19. A Pack of Cigarettes, A Lottery Ticket, and the Whole Galaxy, Please
20. War Is Hell
21. Destinations to Which One Goes in a Hand Basket
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Copyright