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"Master and Commander in space!&nbsp; Brilliant and brave starship captain Daniel Leary and ace spy Adele Mundy confront a pirate plot and once again save the Republic of Cinnabar despite itself.&nbsp;#9 in the national best selling RCN space adventure series. Captain Daniel Leary with his friend&#8211;and spy&#8211;Officer Adele Mundy are sent to a quiet sector to carry out an easy task: helping the local admiral put down a coup before it takes place. But then the jealous admiral gets rid of them by sending them off on a wild goose chase to a sector where commerce is king and business is carried out by extortion and gunfights.&nbsp; With anarchy and rebellion in the air, a rogue intelligence officer plots the war that will destroy civilization and enlists the help of a brute whom even torturers couldn't stomach.&nbsp;&nbsp;And, of course, it&#8217;s up to Leary and Mundy to put a stop to the madness.About David Drake&#8217;s previous RCN novel, What Distant Deeps:&#8220;Drake deftly weaves a web of political machinations and intrigue that vividly depicts the costs of war. Fans of Patrick O'Brian's Maturin and Aubrey novels will enjoy this intricate, rousing space opera.&#8221; &#8211;Publishers WeeklyAbout David Drake&#8217;s RCN series:&#8220;[R]ousing old-fashioned space opera.&#8221; &#8211;Publishers Weekly&#8220;The fun is in the telling, and Mr. Drake has a strong voice. I want more!&#8221; &#8211;Philadelphia Weekly Press&#8220;[S]pace opera is alive and well.&nbsp;This series is getting better as the author goes along&#8230;character development combined with first-rate action and memorable world designs.&#8221; &#8211;SFReader.comAbout David Drake:&#8220;[P]rose as cold and hard s the metal alloy of a tank&#8230;rivals Crane and Remarque&#8230;&#8221; &#8211;Chicago Sun-Times&#8220;Drake couldn&#8217;t write a bad action scene at gunpoint.&#8221; &#8211;Booklist"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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