Description: When the Human-Orion war to end all interstellar wars collapses into an uneasy peace, mistrust and fear swells on both sides. Responding to hails from a patrolling Orion sentry, a ship using ancient human codes from a long lost colony appears and opens fire on the Orions in a quest to free Holy Mother Terra.
Brief description: Steve White completed a tour of duty in Vietnam as a Naval officer. His SF adventure trilogy for Baen comprising The Disinherited, Legacy, and Debt of Ages was highly successful, as was Prince of Sunset, and its sequel Emperor of Dawn. With David Weber, he has collaborated on Insurrection, Crusade, In Death Ground, and The Shiva Option.