The Lost Stars: Tarnished Knight
Under his real name, John G. Henry, Campbell attended Annapolis and had a career in the U.S. Navy. He has now turned to writing well-received military sf, including the series that precedes the Lost Stars, the Lost Fleet. Now that the Alliance is victorious, chaos and mysterious aliens threaten the defeated Syndicate, and something must be done. Setting out to do it are an unlikely pair of mutually suspicious Syndicate panjandrums, Artur Dracon and Gwen Iceni. Artur has taken some degree of control over the planets of the Midway System and is trying to prevent the War of All Against All. Gwen was exiled to Midway for being softhearted and proved she was nothing of the kind by essentially stealing the local Syndicate fleet to defend the system. One almost has to say, Tune in next week for the next thrilling episode! This is that kind of series. Yet Campbell has much talent for fast action and intelligent characterization. --Roland Green--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.