This exciting omnibus volume brings together two complete novels of military Prisoner's Hope and Fisherman's Hope. Drawing on the strength of the blessed and the courage of the damned, one man must try to set a safe course for the human race... Nicholas Seafort has grown accustomed to hardship and danger since fate put him in command of the U.N.N.S. Hibernia. Now what he needs is some peace and a well-earned rest -- precious commodities for any spacefarer...
David Feintuch (1944–2006) was the author of the award-winning military science fiction Seafort Saga series, which spans Midshipman’s Hope, Challenger’s Hope, Prisoner’s Hope, Fisherman’s Hope, Voices of Hope, Patriarch’s Hope, and Children of Hope. Feintuch came to writing late, previously having worked as a lawyer and antiques dealer. In 1996, at the age of fifty, he won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer from the World Science Fiction Society. He later expanded into the fantasy genre with his Rodrigo of Caledon series, including The Still and The King.