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Letters of Marque: Private Force. Public Stability.
Paperback
General FictionHistorical Fiction
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Mar 20 2026
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.34
Height: 0.27 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
The old way of war is breaking down.
The United States is overstretched, drowning in debt, and facing threats that don't look like traditional enemies.
Cartels run global logistics networks.
Proxy militias deploy drones.
Cyber actors strike without ever declaring war.
The system can't keep up.
So it changes.
The Marque Authorization Act creates a new model: private operators, legally authorized to seize assets, dismantle networks, and execute missions across land, sea, cyber, and space.
They are paid for results.
Jake Harlan, a former Tier 1 operator burned by bureaucracy, steps into this new world-where missions happen fast, targets are precise, and every operation funds the next.
But when force is driven by incentives, priorities shift.
And when that happens, the system itself becomes the risk.
A grounded, high-intensity look at the future of warfare, power, and global stability.
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