Review: Swimming with the sharks on the way to Admiralty
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 23, 2013
This is a great story.  The Imperials backstab their clients in the Spineward Sectors, and withdraw their fleets, personnel, any military types who want to go with them. On the way out they destroy any of THEIR military technology they have to leave behind.They leave a young prince, who previous held a purely ceremonial rank as admiral, as the supreme commander of the severely depleted Multi-Sector Patrol Fleet (MPF).  Unfortunately, the prince, while not incompetent, is cautiously unambitious (his home world has deep-seated suspicion of their royal family), and completely untrained for the job.  Only his experience with navigating the social shark tank of public life, and a deep seated desire to do the "right thing" keep him going.