- A near-future Earth has shaken off the devastating colonization by alienLokaran invaders and totalitarian rule by the alien’s puppets, the EarthFirst party. But now Earth is flung into galactic intrigue and war. The Lokaronempire teeters on the edge of a fratricidal meltdown and a cabal of ancientenemies hope to use Earth as a proxy to destroy the empire and rule over a newGalactic Dark Age. Now Captain Andrew Roark, the son of heroes of the rebellionand an officer trained in Lokaran space warfare tactics, joins with a highlycapable Lokar who opposes the empire but wishes to see it transformed ratherthan destroyed. Together they must uncover a conspiracy to control Earth —and obtain the secret key to defeating it!
- ISBN10 1451638434
- ISBN13 9781451638431
- Publish Date 22 October 2012 (first published 28 November 2011)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 11 March 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Baen Books
- Format Paperback
- Pages 320
- Language English