Master and Commander in space! Brilliant and brave starship captain
Daniel Leary and ace spy Adele Mundy confront a pirate plot and once
again save the Republic of Cinnabar despite itself.
#8 in the best-selling RCN military science fiction series.
Master and Commander to the stars. Captain Daniel Leary and master spy
Adele Mundy must once again save the Cinnabar Republic despite itself.
The jackals are moving in! The barbarians of the outer reaches intend to
play both Cinnabar and Cinnabar's sworn enemy, the totalitarian
Alliance, against each other and bring both empires down like an
enormous house of cards. The barbarian pirates have commandeered and
hot-rodded starships that can outmaneuver even Captain Leary's trusty
RCN corvette. But speed and tech don't count for everything. The
Princess Cecile has the incomparable Daniel Leary and his trusted aide
and friend Adele Mundy in command. Faced with such grit, bravery and
intelligent misdirection the pirates might find they've bitten off more
than they can chew.
About David Drake's "RCN" series:
"[R]ousing old-fashioned space opera." -Publishers Weekly on the
"RCN" series.
"The fun is in the telling, and Mr. Drake has a strong voice. I want
more!" -Philadelphia Weekly Press
"[S]pace opera is alive and well. This series is getting better as the
author goes along...character development combined with first-rate
action and memorable world designs." -SFReader.com
About David Drake:
"[P]rose as cold and hard s the metal alloy of a tank...rivals Crane
and Remarque..." - Chicago Sun-Times
"Drake couldn't write a bad action scene at gunpoint." - Booklist
