Sequel to Eagle Against the Stars. With Earth recently emerged from alien domination, a space-naval officer uncovers a human-alien conspiracy to involve Earth is a deadly war for galactic empire that would destroy Earths fragile democracy. New York Times best-seller with David Weber and action-adventure science fiction stalwart Steve White returns with a rousing tale of adventure and space warfare in the near future. A near-future Earth has shaken off the devastating colonization by alien Lokaran invaders and totalitarian rule by the aliens puppets, the Earth First party. But now Earth is flung into galactic intrigue and war. The Lokaron empire teeters on the edge of a fratricidal meltdown and a cabal of ancient enemies hope to use Earth as a proxy to destroy the empire and rule over a new Galactic Dark Age.
