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Humanity pushed its way to the stars - and encountered the Gbaba, a ruthless alien race that nearly wiped us out.
Earth and her colonies are now smoldering ruins, and the few survivors have fled to distant, Earth-like Safehold, to try to rebuild. But the Gbaba can detect the emissions of an industrial civilization, so the human rulers of Safehold have taken extraordinary measures: with mind control and hidden high technology, they've built a religion in which every Safeholdian believes, a religion designed to keep Safehold society medieval forever.
800 years pass. In a hidden chamber on Safehold, an android from the far human past awakens. This "rebirth" was set in motion centuries before, by a faction that opposed shackling humanity with a concocted religion. Via automated recordings, "Nimue" - or, rather, the android with the memories of Lieutenant Commander Nimue Alban - is told her fate: she will emerge into Safeholdian society, suitably disguised, and begin the process of provoking the technological progress which the Church of God Awaiting has worked for centuries to prevent.
Nothing about this will be easy. To better deal with a medieval society, "Nimue" takes a new gender and a new name, "Merlin." His formidable powers and access to caches of hidden high technology will need to be carefully concealed. And he'll need to find a base of operations, a Safeholdian country that's just a little more freewheeling, a little less orthodox, a little more open to the new.
And thus Merlin comes to Charis, a mid-sized kingdom with a talent for naval warfare. He plans to make the acquaintance of King Haarahld and Crown Prince Cayleb, and maybe, just maybe, kick off a new era of invention. Which is bound to draw the attention of the Church...and, inevitably, lead to war.
It's going to be a long, long process. And David Weber's epic Off Armageddon Reef is can't-miss Sci-Fi,

Whoa, done already. The force is strong with this one.
Thanks.

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The world has changed. The mercantile kingdom of Charis has prevailed over the alliance designed to exterminate it. Armed with better sailing vessels, better guns and better devices of all sorts, Charis faced the combined navies of the rest of the world at Darcos Sound and Armageddon Reef, and broke them. Despite the implacable hostility of the Church of God Awaiting, Charis still stands, still free, still tolerant, still an island of innovation in a world in which the Church has worked for centuries to keep humanity locked at a medieval level of existence.
But the powerful men who run the Church aren't going to take their defeat lying down. Charis may control the world's seas, but it barely has an army worthy of the name. And as King Cayleb knows, far too much of the kingdom's recent good fortune is due to the secret manipulations of the being that calls himself Merlin-a being that, the world must not find out too soon, is more than human. A being on whose shoulders rests the last chance for humanity's freedom.
Now, as Charis and its archbishop make the rift with Mother Church explicit, the storm gathers. Schism has come to the world of Safehold. Nothing will ever be the same...

A Pact with Satan (Father Joseph Bredder #2) by Leonard Holton
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Father Joseph Bredder thought Mrs. Wentworth must be deranged. How could a sane woman expect him to believe that her dead husband was trying to burn her to death? Dr. Wentworth had died in a road accident when his car had crashed into a pylon and burst into flames. Now his widow heard his voice at night, threatening her with the same fate…
Secret of the Doubting Saint (Father Joseph Bredder #3) by Leonard Holton
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To solve two murders and find a missing diamond, Father Bredder must turn for help to a saint who has been dead for nearly 2,000 years.
Flowers by Request (Father Joseph Bredder #5) by Leonard Holton
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When Father Bredder sets out looking for bass section to add to his convent choir, he becomes embroiled in a cold case investigation of the murder of a wealthy financier found with a hunting arrow in his back, lying in a bed of white gladioli in the garden of his Beverly Hills home.
Out of the Depths (Father Joseph Bredder #6) by Leonard Holton
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The catch was supposed to be halibut, but what Father Bredder reeled in was a corpse in a scuba suit.
The police called it accidental drowning…
The catch was, both air tanks were full…
Father Bredder decided to unravel the mystery on his own, and suddenly he himself was the prime suspect…
The catch was, he was also to be the next victim.
A Touch of Jonah (Father Joseph Bredder #7) by Leonard Holton
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Father Bredder was invited to join the crew of the Fair Maid on the thrilling Transpac yacht race to Honolulu. Father Bredder, an eager blue water sailor soon knew his way around the sailing craft. What he didn’t know was that his skipper, Sir Harry Stockton, was what is known as a “Jonah”—a person who is followed by a spirit of malevolence that strikes at others around them while leaving themselves unharmed.
Amid the thrills, the nautical maneuvering and general excitement of the tense rivalry, the curse of Jonah would to strike when a crewmember is killed in what appears to be an accident. But once again, Father Bredder plays his part of the quiet amateur detective and uncovers to the truth behind the mysterious death.
Leonard Holton is the pen name for Leonard Wibberley—an experienced sailor, who himself competed in the Transpac race to Honolulu.
Thank you!
The Family of Leonard Wibberley
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By Schism Rent Asunder (other topics)Off Armageddon Reef (other topics)
Can you please edit the description for my Mindcop Dossiers series? Please see below for edited version of description:
Mindcop Dossiers is a Science Fiction series which takes place on Mars and its moons in the 22nd Century. The main character is Liberty Rise, a mutant who works for the MCPF (Mars Colonial Police Force) and uses her special powers to uphold justice.
And for your convinience here is the link where the edited version is: https://www.goodreads.com/series/1353...
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