Battle Line

A continuation of the book “The Line”. John and Gwen were pursued from the planet Arieta, and were rescued by the Waps. Back through space at The Line they settled down again, but it was not to last. The Erch, the foes of the Waps, attacked human space. John was asked by his friends, the Waps, to go back to space as a liaison with the humans, as their warships tried to prevent the Erch take over human space. The Erch had got as far as Arieta, on which they had landed, but several space battles later the combined Human-Waps fleet had prevented the Erch penetrating further. Then John landed on Arieta, and inspired the population to resist. After many months of fighting in Sevilla under John’s leadership the war went into reverse and the humans began pushing the Erch back. Now a hero, John was asked to go to Earth to recommence his role as adviser to the Waps in their negotiations with the humans, and was reunited, to his surprise, with Gwen and the kids. But Rick had not forgotten them!