Space Mercenaries

by A. Bertram Chandler

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Her ex-Imperial Highness of Outer Space had developed a conscience. With a well-armed space cruiser on her hands, she didn't want to sell it to just anyone - that is, anyone under Empire control. So the former Empress and her ex-space captain husband became mercenaries for GLASS - the Galactic League for the Abolition of Suppression and Slavery.

Their first assignment was blockade-running, to bring antibiotics to the plague-ridden humans on Antrim, besieged by the Halicheki bird-people and ignored by the Empire. Only, this would be a ticklish business for they could not fire one shot at the Halicheki without being legally termed pirates. And although the ex-Empress and her husband were open-minded enough to try all sorts of devious tricks, the prospect of being hanged for piracy by the Empress' successor did not appeal to either of their natures...

  • ISBN10 1473215021
  • ISBN13 9781473215023
  • Publish Date 26 November 2015
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Orion Publishing Co
  • Imprint Gateway
  • Edition Digital original
  • Format eBook (EPUB)
  • Pages 320
  • Language English