- Captain Dominic Flandry has been knighted for his many services to the
Terran Empire — an Empire which is old, jaded, and corrupt, as Flandry
well knows. And while that “Sir” before his name may be an added
attraction to comely ladies, he expects that it will also bring him less welcome
attention from envious “colleagues” within the empire. What it is
not likely to do is make him more of an object of interest to the Merseians,
whose plots he has repeatedly foiled and who are much too aware of how much
simpler their plans to replace the Empire would be if he were the late
Sir Dominic Flandry. Flandry himself has come to understand that there may be no
more point to all his victories than that a few trillion of his fellow creatures
may live out their lives before the inevitable coming of the Long Night of
galactic barbarism. At best, he may have postponed its coming and shortened its
duration. But if that is the most he can achieve, so be it — he'll keep on
fighting, hoping that the barbarians, too, will pass, followed by a new round of
civilization.
- ISBN10 1439134014
- ISBN13 9781439134016
- Publish Date 15 December 2010
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 13 March 2013
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Baen Books
- Format Paperback
- Pages 432
- Language English