{"product_id":"contact-front-drop-trooper-book-1-paperback","title":"Contact Front: Drop Trooper, Book 1 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRick Partlow\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStarship Troopers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eHalo\u003c\/i\u003e in \u003ci\u003eCONTACT FRONT\u003c\/i\u003e, Book 1 in the bestselling military science fiction eBook series, \u003ci\u003eDrop Trooper\u003c\/i\u003e, in print and widely distributed for the very first time!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Choice: \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGo to war or go to jail. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For small-time street hustler Cam Alvarez, the choice is simple. He has no family, no friends, no place in the world...nothing to lose. When his latest con results in the death of a cartel hitman, Cam opts to join the Marines and leave Earth to fight a vicious alien enemy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drafted into the Marine Drop-Troopers, Cam discovers there's one thing he's even better at than running street-con games, and that's killing the enemy. Wrapped in an armored battlesuit, Cam finds purpose amidst the horror and destruction of the war, and the opportunity for a new sort of friends and family...if he can break the habits of a life spent alone, trusting no one. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e And ... if he can survive. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePerfect for fans of Jay Allan(\u003ci\u003eCrimson Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e series, \u003ci\u003eFar Stars\u003c\/i\u003e series, \u003ci\u003eBlood on the Stars\u003c\/i\u003e series), Jasper T. Scott (\u003ci\u003eNightstalkers\u003c\/i\u003e series, \u003ci\u003eNew Frontiers \u003c\/i\u003eseries, \u003ci\u003eAscension Wars\u003c\/i\u003e series), and Scott Bartlett (\u003ci\u003eI, Starship\u003c\/i\u003e series, \u003ci\u003eConscript \u003c\/i\u003eseries) . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Dragon Award Finalist, \u003ci\u003eContact Front\u003c\/i\u003e, is Book 1 in the 16 book \u003ci\u003eDrop Trooper\u003c\/i\u003e military sci-fi series from bestselling author, Rick Partlow!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRick Partlow is that rarest of species, a native Floridian. Born in Tampa, he attended Florida Southern College and graduated with a degree in History and a commission in the US Army as an Infantry officer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis lifelong love of science fiction began with \u003ci\u003eHave Space Suit---Will Travel\u003c\/i\u003e and the other Heinlein juveniles and traveled through Clifford Simak, Asimov, Clarke and on to William Gibson, Walter Jon Williams and Peter F Hamilton. And somewhere, submerged in the worlds of others, Rick began to create his own worlds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe has written over 60 books in a dozen different series, and his short stories have been included in twelve different anthologies.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 294\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 8.19 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 21, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44379303673958,"sku":"9781638493020","price":27.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/qWQhwHeJee9781638493020.webp?v=1768918458","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/contact-front-drop-trooper-book-1-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}