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In the future, America is at war with Palatine, a rebellious interstellar colony that models itself after ancient Rome and in fact claims to be its successor. The new Roman Empire seeks to reclaim their ancestral home of Earth; the military forces of America seek to return Palatine to its status as a subserviant colony world. However, both sides are taken by surprise when they are attacked by the Hive: an alien lifeform of boundless hunger which consumes world after world.

The ''Merrimack'' heads into the Deep, further from colonized space than anyone before it. The Hive is out there... and it's hungry.

 

* ''The Myriad''

* ''Wolf Star''

* ''The Ninth Circle''

 

* [[Ancient Conspiracy]]: The Romans

* [[Antimatter]]: The fuel used by FTL spacecraft.

* [[Got Me Doing It]]: Captain Farragut unconsciously imitates Mo Shah's idiosyncratic speech pattern at one point, then quickly corrects himself.

* [[Guilt-Free Extermination War]]: Even [[Reluctant Warrior]] Jose Maria believes that the total extermination of the Hive is not only moral but necessary.

* [[Hive Mind]]: The Hive

* [[Horde of Alien Locusts]]: The Hive

* [[Space Pirates]]: The titular Ninth Circle of ''The Ninth Circle''.

* [[Space Romans]]

* [[Tele Frag]]: Occurs if you try to displace without following the proper procedures.

* [[Teleport Interdiction]]: Jammers can be used to stop displacement.

 

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[[Category:Military Science Fiction]]

[[Category:Science Fiction Literature]]

[[Category:Military and Warfare Literature]]