The Fleet thought its wars were over - until the Alliance was challenged by an alien armada from the other side of the galaxy. At enormous cost, the Stephen Hawking is constructed: an enormous mobile base for thousands of soldiers and warships. Its purpose: to take the fight to the Enemy - beyond the boundaries of human space!
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.