Taking Shield Series by Anna Butler

4.20 · 25 ratings
  • Passing Shadows (Taking Shield #0.5)
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    Passing Shadows (Taking Shield #0.5)

    Anna Butler

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 1 ratings · published 2016

    Li Liang has found a berth to suit her: chief pilot and first officer of the all-female crew of an old space freighter, the Sappho. Then one ordinary, unremarkable morning, Liang retunes the Sappho’s communications systems just in time to catch the breathless, terrible accounts from Mars of the total destruction of Earth.Earth’s a cinder. The unknown alien race that destroyed it has left Mars, too, in flames and is ravening outward from the solar system, devouring every human colony on the way... more

  • Gyrfalcon (Taking Shield #1)
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    Gyrfalcon (Taking Shield #1)

    Anna Butler

    Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 2015

    Earth’s last known colony, Albion, is fighting an alien enemy. In the first of the Taking Shield series, Shield Captain Bennet is dropped behind the lines to steal priceless intelligence. A dangerous job, and Bennet doesn’t need the distractions of changing relationships with his long-term partner, Joss, or with his father—or with Flynn, the new lover who will turn his world upside-down. He expects to risk his life. He expects the data will alter the course of the war... more

  • Heart Scarab (Taking Shield #2)
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    Heart Scarab (Taking Shield #2)

    Anna Butler

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 2015

    In Heart Scarab, set more than a year and a half after Gyrfalcon, Shield Captain Bennet’s company is on a planet in imminent danger of being overrun by the Maess. Telnos is an unpleasant little planet, inhabited by religious fanatics in the festering marshlands and unregistered miners running illegal solactinium mines up in the hills. But the Maess want Telnos, and Bennet’s job is to get out as many civilians as he can. The enemy arrives before the evacuation is complete... more

  • Makepeace (Taking Shield #3)
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    Makepeace (Taking Shield #3)

    Anna Butler

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 4 ratings · published 2016

    Returning to duty following his long recovery from the injuries he sustained during the events recounted in Heart Scarab, Shield Captain Bennet accepts a tour of duty in Fleet as flight captain on a dreadnought. The one saving grace is that it isn’t his father’s ship—bad enough that he can’t yet return to the Shield Regiment, at least he doesn’t have the added stress of commanding former lover, Fleet Lieutenant Flynn and knowing the fraternization regulations will keep them apart... more

  • The Chains of Their Sins (Taking Shield #4)
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    The Chains of Their Sins (Taking Shield #4)

    Anna Butler

    Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars
    · 3 ratings · published 2017

    **First Place Winner 2017 Rainbow Awards: Best Gay Sci-fi//Futuristic. ****Third Place Winner 2017 Rainbow Awards: Best Gay Book.**Shield Captain Bennet arrives on the Gyrfalcon to take up his final year's posting before returning to the Shield Regiment after his rotation out.On the Gyrfalcon he faces up to the fallout from Makepeace—ethical, political and above all, personal... more

  • Day of Wrath (Taking Shield #5)
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    Day of Wrath (Taking Shield #5)

    Anna Butler

    Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars
    · 3 ratings · published 2018

    In less than a week, Bennet will finally return to the Shield Regiment, leaving behind the Gyrfalcon, his father, his friends… and Flynn. Promotion to Shield Major and being given command of a battle group despite the political fallout from Makepeace the year before is everything he thought he wanted. Everything he’s worked towards for the last three years. Except for leaving Flynn. He really doesn’t want to leave Flynn.There’s time for one last flight together. A routine mission... more

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