Product Description Start a compelling military-based sci-fi series by contemporary British authors.This bundle contains four full-length science fiction novels, three exclusive short stories, one of which is lavishly illustrated by award winning artist Andy Bigwood, and two essays. "Richards is up there with the best MSF writers. No lie.”~Amazon Reviewer on C.R.O.W. "..thrilling stuff, heroes, self sacrifice, traditional ott bad guy!."~Amazon Reviewer on Discovery of the Saiph. "If you have never read Nuttall, you are in for a real treat!"~Amazon Reviewer on Their Darkest Hour. "..I was hooked and on an adventure like no other I have ever taken."~Amazon Reviewer on Marine Cadet. The Novels- Their Darkest Hour by Christopher G. Nuttall. Aliens take control of Britain’s cities and force the remainder of the British military to go on the run. With the government destroyed, the population must choose between fighting and collaborating with the alien overlords.. Discovery of the Saiph by P.P. Corcoran.The Marco Polo leads mankind to Proxima Centauri outside Earth's Solar System where the ship's scientists detect power readings they are artificial, alien and emanate from Planet III... a wasteland that suffered a devastating nuclear bombardment many thousands of years before. Archaeologists discover an alien library deep underground and are astonished to unlock its secrets with human DNA. C.R.O.W. by Phillip Richards.Andy Moralee knew that life with his new company of Dropship Infantry would be hard, but nothing could prepare him for life in one of the toughest units in the Union army. New arrivals, nicknamed ‘Crow’ by their platoons, are the lowest form of life in his Company, and he finds himself at the mercy of unforgiving commanders and bullies, all the time knowing that the real enemy are waiting for him at the end of his journey through the void. The enemy know that the Union are coming, they have dug in and fortified, and t