The Imperial Stars

ISBN-10
073941013X
ISBN-13
9780739410134
Category
Intelligence officers
Pages
487
Language
English
Published
2000*
Author
Poul Anderson

Description

"Under the guise of peace, two star-faring Empires contend for dominance in the galaxy: the Terran, ancient and crumbling, and the Merseian, emergent and barbaric.

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