Crusade
 Spacers
call the warp point Charon's Ferry.
No star ship has ever entered it and returned
since a vengeful Orion task force pursued a doomed Terran colonization
fleet into it in 2206.
Almost a century has passed. The fiery hatreds of
a quarter-century of warfare between the Terran Federation and the
Zheeerlikou'valkhannaieeee, the cat-like species humans called the "Orions,"
have eased at least a little. The "Grand Alliance" forged by the need to
fight side-by-side against the genocidal Rigelians remains, but there
are those on either side who continue to hate, continue to distrust.
Now the strength of that war-forged alliance is
about to be tested. For Charon's Ferry is about to give up the secret of
its dead. A ship has emerged from the deadly warp point at last. A ship
which responds to the challenge of an Orion star ship using ancient
human communications codes . . . then opens fire.
The holocaust of interstellar warfare has been
ignited anew, in a bloody crusade to free Holy Mother Terra.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
David Weber is the author of the New York Times best-selling
Honor Harrington series, and is often compared to C.S. Forester (the
celebrated creator of Captain Horatio Hornblower). His novels range from
epic fantasy (Oath of Swords, The War God' s Own, Wind Rider’s Oath)
to breathtaking space opera (Path of the Fury, Empire from the Ashes)
to military science fiction with in-depth characterization (the
bestselling Honor Harrington series, War of Honor being the
latest, and the popular Starfire series written in collaboration with
Steve White). He lives in South Carolina with his wife Sharon and their
three children.
Steve White was an officer in Naval Intelligence, and served
in the Mediterranean and the Vietnam War Zone. In addition to the
Starfire series written in collaboration with David Weber, he has
written several popular science fiction adventure novels for Baen. They
include the trilogy comprising The Disinherited, Legacy
and Debt of Ages, which combine fast-paced space opera with
Arthurian mythology. He has also written the galaxy-spanning adventure
Prince of Sunset, and its sequel Emperor of Dawn. His
latest is Eagle Against the Stars. He currently works for a legal
publishing company in Charlottesville, Virginia. He is married and has
three daughters.
Cover art by Paul Alexander
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