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Battle for Intus

Battles of the Republic #2 / 3
by James Rosone, Brandon Ellis
Battle for Intus (Battles of the Republic #2) by James Rosone, Brandon Ellis
⧗ 8.00 / 1
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The Republic thought they knew their enemy…
…they were devastatingly wrong.
And a new adversary was about to prove it.

Commander Ripley Willis Lee knew the stakes couldn’t be higher. As captain of the Republic’s newest warship—RNS

Poseidon, he’d been given command of a task force to conduct hit-and-run operations against Zodark convoys and reconnaissance missions behind enemy lines.

With the Battle for Intus underway, the Rass system—a Primord colony captured by the Zodarks—was the next planet the Republic intended to liberate.

When Lee’s task force engaged an unprotected convoy, it spiraled into an elaborate trap. It would take every bit of cunning and strategy they had if they were to survive.

While Lee was sowing chaos behind enemy lines, the Republic Army was in desperate need of pilots for close air support missions. Lieutenant Blake Cooper’s squadron answers the call, swapping their F-97 Orion starfighters for the venerable flying tanks—the AS-90 Reaper.

With the lives of hundreds of soldiers in Coop's hands. It forces him to confront the demons of the past to become the leader his squadron needs him to become.

Also known as The Intus Invasion Book 2.
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Release date: June 7, 2025

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James Rosone

James Rosone

James Rosone is a six-time Amazon KDP All-Star Author, having achieved Top 100 most-read Thriller and Science Fiction author in the US, UK, and Germany Kindle Unlimited program. His Military-Technothriller series, the Monroe Doctrine, has garnered more than 15,000+ reviews across the series. At the same time, his Military-Science Fiction series, the Rise of the Republic, has garnered 16,000+ reviews. With more than 225 million page reads within the Kindle Unlimited program, he is among the most-read self-published authors in the Amazon KDP program. 

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James is an Iraq War veteran who served multiple years in a combat zone as a military interrogator and later as a contractor. He's a proud NCO, serving ten years in the military and six years as a Department of Defense and Department of State contractor throughout the Middle East, Eurasia, and Europe.

James has served in the J2 and J3 Commands for US Central Command, US European Command, and US Special Operations Command in Florida and Germany, advising commanders on various identity intelligence and biometric technologies. He holds a Master of Science degree from the University of Oxford and an MBA. He’s written technical articles for European journals and advised numerous European leaders in identity intelligence, biometrics, and border security.

Battles of the Republic

In a galaxy shaped by war and forged in political fire, Battles of the Republic captures the turning point of a crumbling interstellar order—one where honor, survival, and strategy collide in unpredictable ways. This is not just another space opera. It’s a grounded, human-centered military sci-fi saga that doesn’t flinch from the brutal cost of leadership and loyalty in a time of galactic upheaval.

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At the heart of the story is Ripley Willis Lee, a young officer with raw potential and a sharp mind, caught in the gravitational pull of war against a brutal alien enemy—the Zodarks. But this isn’t a tale of lone heroes charging into battle. Instead, the series examines how war changes people from the inside out, from seasoned commanders wrestling with the morality of command to rookie pilots flying AS-90 Reapers who are one mistake away from vaporization. Every battle feels earned, every sacrifice personal.

What makes this series stand out in the crowded field of military science fiction is its tight focus on the psychological depth of its characters. Tension builds not just on the battlefield, but in the quiet moments of doubt, the political whispers behind closed doors, and the fragile trust between allies with blood on their hands. With a cinematic approach to tactical warfare and layered world-building that spans fractured colonies and bureaucratic chokeholds, this is space warfare told with grit and nuance.

Fans of realistic space combat, strategic warfare, and character-driven narratives will find themselves pulled into a universe where the Republic teeters on the edge—and every decision has consequences that ripple across stars. Battles of the Republic doesn’t shout its stakes; it lets them unfold with steady gravity, drawing you in until you realize you’ve been holding your breath for pages.

This is the quiet burn of war storytelling done right.


Battles of the Republic consists of three books. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.

Main series Rise of the Republic

The Intus Invasion (Battles of the Republic #1)
★ 10.00 / 2
Battle for Intus (Battles of the Republic #2)
⧗ 8.00 / 1
Battle of Shadows (Battles of the Republic #3)
⧗ 8.00 / 1


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