The Taking Of Red Star One Book Two Defending Liberty - Red Star One

The far future. Countries no longer exist.  Neither does freedom. The human race is under the control of a global tyrannycalled the Gov.  Burdened by the needs and demandsof an over-populated world, President-For-Life GabrielleLaRue initiates invasion preparations against a planetcalled Liberty, which was terraformed and colonizeddecades earlier by freedom-lovers who fled Earth asthe Gov was rising-to-power.
Captain Sean Hardy has been awarded command ofRed Star One, a newly-constructed, state-of-the-artstarship, created for one purpose:  to flag-ship the fleeton the day of Liberty's invasion. During their shakedown cruise, Sean, and his loyalbridge crew, set Red Star One on-course for Liberty. Not to invade her, but to defend her from the impendinginvasion.