David Drake is an American author of science fiction and fantasy literature. A Vietnam War veteran who has worked as a lawyer, he is now one of the major authors of the military science fiction genre.
Continues the struggle of the Allliance and Indie fleets against the Khalian, and their mysterious backers, aggression. Authors tend to write the same characters with mutual overlap. It's a big universe and harder to keep consistent than a single city like thieves world, but the range of styles doesn't detract from the enjoyment.
This is a new release from Event Horizon EBooks, an e-book reprint of the original 1989 hard copy book. Note that the rating is posted by the publisher.