An Earth-born territorial governor abandons his post to protect the citizens of his world. A daring criminal operates in the chaos and cover of war. A Velesian journalist gets too close to a conspiracy hatched by her own government.
Foreign terrorists smuggle several obsolete Soviet hydrogen bombs into Texas in a daring nuclear-fallout assault on American oil fields. Grit-hardened west Texas roughnecks counter the attack with sobering global reverberation.
A young king initiates a 1000 year old plan to replace the beloved Sovereign Queen Mother and control the universe. A meek group of research pirates find themselves in a dilemma: resist and probably die or flee and accept subjugation.
