Series: Book 8 in the Sten series
Rating: ***
Tags: EN-SciFi, Lang:en
Summary
The Eternal Emperor had returned at last from the dead to
pick up the pieces of his crumbling Empire. But even that great
leader could not halt the Empire’s decline alone. And so
Sten—master spy, military strategist, and
assassin—found himself appointed Ambassador
Plenipotentiary to the Altaic Cluster, where a brewing civil
war threatened the stability of the Empire itself. Quelling a
civil war is nothing new for Sten, but as the war intensifies,
he begins to suspect that he is up against more than a mere
local disturbance. Someone operating in deep-cover and
seemingly backed by the highest authorities is working behind
the scenes to manipulate events and escalate disaster. And that
someone wants nothing more than to see Sten dead. The Eternal Emperor had returned at last from the dead, to
pick up the pieces of his crumbling Empire. But even that great
leader could not halt the Empire’s decline alone. And so
Sten — master spy, military strategist, and assassin
— found himself appointed Ambassador Plenipotentiary to
the Altaic Cluster, where a brewing civil war threatened the
stability of the Empire itself. Quelling a civil war is nothing
new for Sten, but as the war intensifies, he begins to suspect
that he is up against more than a mere local disturbance.
Someone — operating in deep–cover and seemingly
backed by the highest authorities — is working behind the
scenes to manipulate events and escalate disaster. And that
someone wants nothing more than to see Sten
dead…From the Publisher