After the finest battleship-class spaceship in Earth?s fleet, the U.S.S. Merrimack, rescues a near-space Roman world besieged by a destructive alien life-form known as the Hive, the Romans? leader, Caesar Magnus, insists on honoring the ship?s captain, John Farragut. But when Caesar is assassinated, Farragut must lead a mission into the heart of Hive territory in search of a Roman who has been presumed ?dead? for decades.
- ISBN10 0756404576
- ISBN13 9780756404574
- Publish Date 6 November 2007 (first published 1 November 2007)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 16 March 2017
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Daw Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 357
- Language English