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It had been quite a while since I looked up new books by Eric Flint. He has been a busy guy, in spite of surviving spleen cancer. A LOT of new books in the Ring of Fire (1632) universe and...
Two sequels to "The Course of Empire". "The Crucible of Empire" (published 2010, I did say it's been a while) and "The Span of Empire" (published 2016). There's also a short story "Bringer of Fire" (published 2016) that goes between the first two books.
Due to the death of KD Wentworth there were delays to book 3 while Eric found a new co-author, David Carrico.
The first book has the Jao conquering Earth, though Humans are putting up the fiercest resistance they've ever met. Don't they understand its for their own good? Nevermind the Jao don't bother to mention the existential threat posed by the Ekhat until it's almost too late.
In the second book a new (though very well known to the Jao centuries ago) sapient species is found and saved from the Ekhat, even if they don't want to be saved.
The third book expands Jao and Human exploration to very far flung places, and to a revelation that will make the fight for survival of all non-Ekhat in the galaxy a very imminent and urgent one.
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