Death Match

Sten #7-8

by Chris Bunch, Allan Cole

DIPLOMACY IS OVER-RATED



Soldier, Imperial bodyguard, fleet captain, prisoner of war - Sten has been many things in his long career, but there's one thing he's never been - a diplomat.



But when the Emperor sends Sten to the Altaic Cluster to support its dictator in quelling a civil war, a diplomat is exactly what Sten must be. As the war intensifies, he begins to suspect he's up against something more than a local disturbance. Someone - operating in deep cover and seemingly backed by the highest authorities - is working behind the scenes to escalate the fighting.



And that someone wants nothing more than to see Sten dead.



Praise for the Sten Adventures:



'Sharp plotting and a sprinkling of humour . . . if you want enjoyable thrill-filled action, the Sten novels won't disappoint.' - SFX



This omnibus contains the novels VORTEX and EMPIRE'S END.

Genres: Science Fiction

799 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

Christopher R. "Chris" Bunch was an American science fiction, fantasy and television writer, who wrote and co-wrote about thirty novels.

Born in Fresno, California, he collaborated with Allan Cole on a series of books involving a hero named Sten in a galactic empire. (Cole married Bunch's sister, Kathryn.) He served in Vietnam as a patrol leader. He also wrote for Rolling Stone and was a correspondent for Stars and Stripes. He died in his hometown of Ilwaco, Washington, after a long battle with a lung ailment.

Reviews

[Scifimoth · Rating 1 out of 5]

I don't like the preachy agenda this story has taken in the final volumes of the saga of what to this point was an entertaining read, so I am abandoning it.