President Gwen Iceni and General Artur Drakon have successfully liberated the Midway Star System—but the former rulers of the Syndicate Worlds won’t surrender the region without a fight. The dictatorial regime has ordered the ex–Syndicate CEOs terminated with extreme prejudice and the system’s citizens punished for their defiance.
Outnumbered and led by junior officers hastily promoted in the wake of the uprising, Midway’s warships are no match for the fleet massing and preparing to strike. But the Syndicate isn’t the only threat facing Iceni and Drakon. Another former CEO has taken control of the Ulindi Star System, the first calculated move toward establishing his own little empire.
With Drakon’s ground forces dispatched to Ulindi, Midway erupts in violence as Syndicate agents and other, unknown enemies stoke a renewed revolt against Iceni’s power—leaving both her and Drakon vulnerable to trusted officers just waiting for an opportune moment to betray them…
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Publisher's Weekly
August 11, 2014
Campbell’s third Lost Stars military SF adventure (after The Lost Stars: Perilous Shield) delivers all his signature attractions. The recently rebellious Free and Independent Midway Star System occupies an uncomfortably central position in the galaxy. President Gwen Iceni and Gen. Artur Drakon stand in defiance of their former oppressive employers, the Syndicate, but cannot escape the marks that organization has left upon them. Instead of yielding to the Syndicate method of fighting to total victory, they struggle to cooperate. Their fledgling military is left to defend the lives of the citizens against ruthless Syndicate CEO “Happy” Hua, who is determined to return all rebellious star systems to Syndicate control. Campbell’s focus on the details of the Midway fleet and ground forces makes for a fast-paced thrill ride that leaps nimbly from harrowing to heartbreaking to heroic. The tentative steps of establishing a new society are no less intense. Both new and returning readers will dive right in. -
Library Journal
September 15, 2014
Picking up where 2013's Perilous Shield left off, the civil war in the Syndicate has spread to even more worlds and the leaders of the Midway Star System will have to fight enemies without and within in this military adventure series.
Copyright 2014 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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