Kathy's Way: Battle for Primera (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781919353715)

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A high-stakes military sci-fi thriller of special-ops warfare, political betrayal, and extinction-level stakes - perfect for fans of John Birmingham, Arkady Martine, and Joe Haldeman.

Captain Kathryn 'Kathy' McKinnon hates being on the sidelines.

After taking an assignment in Military Intelligence, Kathy finds herself restless - trained for war, but buried in signals data. That changes when the alien Zistini invade Calalpha's outer planets.

With fusion and twin-Earth technology shaping human colonisation of the stars, Kathy is called to the heart of a classified mission: retrieve a rogue weapons scientist and her prototype poison gas, to stop the enemy advance.

But Doctor Emily Chambers isn't just hiding - she's colluding with a covert faction plotting a coup on an allied alien world. Kathy joins an elite special ops team heading into hostile territory, facing betrayal, biochemical warfare, and the collapse of interplanetary alliances.

Her orders are simple: bring back the scientist, secure the weapon, stop the coup.

In the chaos of war, Kathy must face the odds - because failure isn't just defeat. It's extinction.

Author: James Drayton
ISBN-10: 1919353712
ISBN-13: 9781919353715
Publisher: Jc Driver
Language: English
Published: 03/23/2026
Pages: 374
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.83d