Scornful Stars (Breaker of Empires, 3) [Baker, Richard]

Richard Baker continues his new military science fiction series, Breaker of Empires, with vivid space battles and elements of politics and cultural heritage, picking up where ‚  Valiant Dust ‚  and ‚  Restless Lightning ‚  have led.

Now a captain, Sikander Singh North commands the destroyer ‚  Decisive, ‚  assigned to Zerzura, a haven for piracy and the next playing-board in the Great Game. The Aquilan Commonwealth and the Empire of Dremark vie for the allegiance of local ruler Marid Pasha, a competition with stakes that reach far beyond the sector's pirate-infested limits.

Sikander must stop the pirate attacks while charting his course between the ambitions of Marid Pasha, a dubious alliance with a shipping magnate, and the inexperience of ‚  Decisive's crew...a situation that only grows more complicated when an old enemy returns.

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