You can ask Joe Ballen anything, except to give up.Joe Ballen dreams of returning to space, but after an accident left him half-crippled, those days are over. Luckily for Joe, Geneering gave him new limbs. Better than nothing, but not enough to allow him to go back to his old job as a space engineer. A natural loner, he now scrapes a living by illegally flying cabs in flooded-out Baltimore.But when one of his passengers suffers a grisly death, Joe is dragged into a dangerous conspiracy centered around a prototype Jumpship. No one believes the ship will work, not even the space-faring Atolls who have barricaded Earth from the rest of space. But someone is murdering everyone connected to it.As the bodies pile up, Joe becomes suspect number one, and his enemies will stop at nothing to hide the truth. With the help of a disturbed scientist, a senile survivalist, and his glamorous boss, can Joe untangle the puzzle and uncover the truth before he becomes another dead statistic?The future’s about to get a lot more action-packed!The Joe Ballen series is a near future, sci-fi noir thriller series, featuring a smart-mouthed space engineer, engaging characters, cynical humor, and plausible science.

Mathematics Of Eternity (Joe Ballen series)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Kelly, David M.

Science Fiction

Nemesis Press

PERIMETER - Deceit has no boundaries\nJoe Ballen’s working on a new ore-processing platform in the harsh environment around Mercury. When a savage Atoll attack decimates his crew, Joe is injured and must return to Earth to recover. While it’s a setback for the project, at least it means he can rebuild his relationship with his wife after nearly a year away. 
But then the security forces come calling. Vital starship engineering files are missing, and without them Earth has no hope of escaping Atoll domination. Someone has to locate the files, and Ballen is bulldozed into the not-so-choice assignment. 
But he’s not the only one in the hunt. As Joe struggles to find the data, he becomes tangled up in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse. It’s a journey that will take him to the perilous depths of space, where no one is quite what they seem. Can old enemies ever make good allies? And can Joe trust even the people closest to him? 
Ballen’s back in another action-packed sci-fi noir thriller, guaranteed to keep you turning the pages.\nThe Joe Ballen series is a near future, sci-fi noir thriller series, featuring a smart-mouthed space engineer, engaging characters, cynical humor, and plausible science.

Perimeter: Joe Ballen, Book 2 (Joe Ballen series)

The Kunar ADT and The Afghan COIN Fight: How National Guard Agribusiness Development Teams Support Battle Space Commander's COunter INsurgency Operations

The Kunar Agribusiness Development Team (ADT) was created from volunteers from the 40th Infantry Division and Task Force Warrior of the California National Guard. ADTs are special units, which only exist in Afghanistan. The Kunar ADT supported Battle Space owners in the Kunar and Pech River valleys in north eastern Afghanistan. During the Kunar ADT's deployment between September 2009 and August 2010 they saw combat 19 times while working in remote villages. This book is the chronicle of the Kunar ADT's deployment and operations in support of counter insurgency (COIN) operations by working with farmers to stabilizing the economies of remote villages.

The Kunar Adt And The Afghan Coin Fight: How National Guard Agribusiness Development Teams Support Battle Space Commander'S Counter Insurgency Operations

History

Military

AuthorHouse

Kwelengsen Storm: Logan's World, Book One

Where deception and betrayal meet... 
Joe Ballen is taking it easy as head of engineering on the new giant space station at Alpha Centauri, or at least as easy as it ever gets for Joe. One thing he’s sure of though—he’s out of the hero game for good. But on a routine visit back to Earth, one of Joe’s oldest acquaintances is killed in front of him. Followed almost immediately by an attack. Forced to take desperate measures, Joe survives by the slimmest of margins 
And when he uncovers a secret message from an unusual source, Joe must undertake a deep space journey filled with deceit and danger to uncover the secrets behind the murder and attacks. But with a potential war looming, can he survive long enough to find the answers?

Intersection: A sci-fi noir action thriller (Joe Ballen series)