Beyond the Ranges
By (Author) John Ringo
Baen Books
Baen Books
13th August 2025
United States
General
Fiction
Adventure / action fiction
Science fiction: space opera
Paperback
624
Width 105mm, Height 171mm
313g
After Earth is destroyed, Jason Graham finds himselfalong with tens of thousands of othersoffered a second chance on a planet on the far side of the galaxy. For one man, its a chance at the life he never ledand this time he'll get it right.
For Jason Graham, the world ends not with a bang, not even with much of a whimper.
One second, he's sitting in a restaurant in Mobile, Alabama, chatting with a server, the next he finds himself in a strange room, rescued by mysterious alien benefactors. Seems the world did end, though how and why are something of a mystery.
Now, Jasonand five hundred million other humansare in orbit around an Earthlike world that is abundant in natural resources and totally untamed. For the newly awakened humans, this is a chance to start society with a clean slate and a bright future. For Jason, who has knocked about aimlessly in several different careers in his Earth life, its an opportunity to unleash his creativity and ambition and see what he can really do.
But who are the alien benefactors that have contrived this second act for some of Earths denizens And what do they really want
John Ringois theNew York Timesbest-selling author of the Black Tide Rising series, the Posleen War series, the Through the Looking Glass series, and more, including the Troy Rising series, of which Live Free or Die is the first installment.A veteran of the 82nd Airborne, Ringobrings firsthand knowledge of military operations to his fiction.