HE WHO LIVES BY THE SWORD . . .
The races which ruled the Galactic Federation knew they were vastly superior to the inferior species restricted to the narrow confines of their own star systems by the crudity of their technology . . . and they had every intention of keeping things that way.
It was a neat little scam, a rigged game in which only the House could win, which the Federation had played for over a hundred thousand years, and no one had ever managed to challenge it.
Yet all good things come to an end, and the Galactics made one mistake. It didn't seem all that terrible at first, only a single merchant guild which bought itself a Roman legion to use as enslaved sepoys on the primitive worlds where they weren't permitted to use their own weapons to force trading concessions. But the Romans were too good at what they did, and a desperate competing guild decided that the only way it could continue to compete was if it had Romans of its own.
Unfortunately, Roman legions were no longer available, so the competing guild had to settle for something else: English longbowmen on their way to the Battle of Crecy.
Roman legions make dangerous pets . . . but English longbowmen are even worse.
It may take a century or so, but the Galactics are about to discover what happens when the sword finally comes out of the stone.
| Publisher's Note: This novel is based on a much shorter version published in David Drake's Foreign Legions. |
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Product ReviewGreat book. A sequal would be welcome, but not before a new HH sequel to AAC!
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Product ReviewI agree with everyone else - this book begs for a sequel.
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Product ReviewThis one goes hand in hand with "Ranks of Bronze" which I actually read years ago. It was amusing to find myself in a half remembered universe. Good book.
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Product ReviewWhere the hell is next book?!?!?!
David Weber is one of my favorites, but this book begs for a follow up. It set the stage for a series which to my knowledge never appeared. Forget Honor and please follow up on this wonderful book Mr. Weber!!Posted on
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Product Reviewbest ever space opera...a sequal please!
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Product ReviewThis one begs for a sequel. But, Weber is sooo busy ... we can only hope.
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Product ReviewAnother great book from David Weber.
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