Violence racks Cinnabar. In desperate times, Lt. DanielLeary must serve under a paranoid officer, and OfficerAdele Mundy is drawn into a conspiracy worringly similarto the one that led to her parents' massacre. Leary andMundy battle their way from riot-torn streets to spies in anoutlying base and an anarchic planet where violence is theonly law, but if they succeed at every stage, one test stillremains: a battle against an overwhelming Alliance force.
Author Biography
David Drake is one of the most respected military sciencefiction authors in the industry, having developed the"Hammer's Slammers" series and the "RCN" series forBaen Books-two of the first hugely popular military SFseries. A Vietnam War veteran, he is renowned forbringing the military sensibility to his stories and thesoldier's sensibilities to his characters.
