General Mark Naird has been appointed Commander of Space Force, the newest branch of the US Armed Forces. He faces an uphill struggle, commanding a fighting force that has science, and civilian scientists, as its key asset, dealing with cynicism and budget cuts from his political masters, trying to prevent Space Force being subsumed back into the US Air Force, run by his former boss, the conniving General Grabaston as well as avoiding a war with China. To crown it all, his wife is in jail and his daughter is dating a Russian officer. Written by grantss
