num_pages: 426
description: The Prodigal's ReturnNeither side having proved capable of pressing their conflict to a successful conclusion, the Human-Orion war to end all interstellar wars has collapsed into an uneasy peace. But it is a peace filled with fear, hatred and mistrust on both sides. Then from out of a warp point notorious for devouring space ships, appears a ship from the dim mists of half-forgotten history. It responds to hails from patroling Orion sentry using ancient human codes from a long lost colony. And it opens fire on the Orions, igniting the fires of interstellar war anew, in a quest to free Holy Mother Terra...
language: English
title: Crusade
titlecomplete: Crusade (Starfire, #2)
genres: Adventure, Space, Fantasy, Fiction, Technology, Science Fiction Fantasy, Space Opera, Military Science Fiction, Military Fiction, Science Fiction
ratings_count: 2858
series: Starfire
publisher: Baen Books, 1992.