With the Vatta's War series, award-winning author Elizabeth Moon
has claimed a place alongside such preeminent writers of military
science fiction as David Weber and Lois McMaster Bujold. Now Moon
is back-and so is her butt-kicking, take-no-prisoners heroine,
Kylara Vatta. Once the black-sheep scion of a prosperous merchant
family, Kylara now leads a motley space force dedicated to the
defeat of a rapacious pirate empire led by the mysterious Gammis
Turek.
After orchestrating a galaxy-wide failure of the communications
network owned and maintained by the powerful ISC corporation, Turek
and his marauders strike swiftly and without mercy. First they
shatter Vatta Transport. Then they overrun entire star systems,
growing stronger and bolder. No one is safe from the pirate fleet.
But while they continue to move forward with their diabolical plan,
they have made two critical mistakes.
Their first mistake was killing Kylara Vatta's family.
Their second mistake was leaving her alive.
Now Kylara is going to make them pay.
But with a "fleet" consisting of only three ships-including her
flagship, the Vanguard, a souped-up merchant cruiser-Kylara needs
allies, and fast. Because even though she possesses the same
coveted communication technology as the enemy, she has nowhere near
their numbers or firepower.
Meanwhile, as Kylara's cousin Stella tries to bring together the
shattered pieces of the family trading empire, new treachery is
unfolding at ISC headquarters, where undercover agent Rafael
Dunbarger, estranged son of the corporation's CEO, is trying to
learn why the damaged network is not being repaired. What he
discovers will send shock waves across the galaxy and crashing into
Kylara's newly christened Space Defense Force at the worst possible
moment.
"From the Hardcover edition."
General
| Imprint: |
Ballantine Books
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| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Vatta's War, 4 |
| Release date: |
2008 |
| First published: |
2008 |
| Authors: |
Elizabeth Moon
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| Dimensions: |
175 x 105 x 26mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
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| Pages: |
372 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-345-49160-2 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
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| LSN: |
0-345-49160-2 |
| Barcode: |
9780345491602 |
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