The Cobra Trilogy
 He was a New Kind of Soldier,
Created for a New Kind of War!
Soldier . . .
The colony worlds Adirondack and Silvern fell to the Troft forces almost without a struggle. Outnumbered and on the defensive, Earth made a desperate decision. It would attack the aliens not from space, but on the ground—with forces the Trofts did not even suspect. Thus were created the Cobras, a guerilla force whose weapons were surgically implanted, invisible to the unsuspecting eye, yet undeniably deadly. But power brings temptation . . . and not all the Cobras could be trusted to fight for Earth alone. Jonny Moreau would learn the uses—and abuses—of his special abilities, and what it truly meant to be a Cobra.
Mercenary . . .
If anyone had told Jonny Moreau the Cobras would one day take orders from the alien Troft, he would have laughed without humor. He’d lost too many friends during the Troft war, though the Cobras triumphed in the end. Now, though, the Troft were trading partners—and they feared what might be a mutual danger: A new race, ruthless and tenacious, that threatened human space as well as Troft. And the offer was five new planets for the overcrowded Cobra worlds. Jonny’s son Justin would carry the Moreau name to danger . . . and learn that it takes more than a Cobra father to make a Cobra son.
Governor . . .
Corwin Moreau is governor of Aventine, but the fact that the Moreau family has held power for so long is beginning to generate bad feelings in the Cobra Worlds Council. But Corwin’s niece, Jasmine, faces the greatest challenge. Her only ambition is to become a Cobra—but no woman has ever been accepted to the Academy or ever will be, if her opponents have their way. Until a mission arises that demands her expertise, and requires that she be given the deadly Cobra implants. Because the enemy, too, knows that there are no female Cobras, and Jasmine can infiltrate without being suspected . . . she thinks. . . .
The Complete Cobra Generational Saga,
by the New York Times Best-Selling Author
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Timothy Zahn is a winner of the coveted Hugo Award for his novella, Cascade Point and is author of the New York Times best-selling Star Wars novel, Heir to the Empire. Born in Chicago, he earned a B.S. in physics from Michigan State University and an M.S. in physics from the University of Illinois. Selling his first story to Analog in 1978, he quickly attracted attention as a new writer of “hard” science fiction, based on real, cutting-edge science. In addition to his novels for Baen set in the Cobra universe, he has also written such popular series as the “Blackcollar,” “Conqueror,” and “Dragonback” novels. Zahn has written over twenty novels, including the recent works Angelmass and Manta's Gift. He and his family currently live in Oregon.
Illustration by Kurt Miller
Cover design by Carol Russo Design
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This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.
A Baen Books Megabook
First Megabook printing, September 2004
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Zahn, Timothy.
The Cobra trilogy / Timothy Zahn.
p. cm.
"A Baen Books megabook"--T.p. verso.
ISBN 0-7434-8847-4
1. Human-alien encounters--Fiction. 2. Science fiction, American. 3. War
stories, American. I. Title.
PS3576.A33C57 2004
813'.54--dc22
2004010885 |
ISBN: 0-7434-8847-4
Copyright 2004 by Timothy Zahn
Cobra © copyright 1985, Cobra Strike © copyright 1986, Cobra Bargain © copyright 1988; all by Timothy Zahn
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