Guardian of night
By: Tony Daniel
Publisher: Baen; Distributed by Simon & Schuster
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Riverdale, NY; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781451638028
Subjects: Space ships; Space warfare; FICTION / Science Fiction / General; Fiction; FICTION / Science Fiction / Space Opera; FICTION / Science Fiction / Adventure
Description: "Captain Arid Ricimer, an alien starship commander with integrity and a clever plan, attempts to defect to Earth with his officers and entire spaceship, a vessel that mounts a superweapon of almost unimaginable power. He's pursured by his former fleet, a force that has already devastated Earth and is poised to wipe out humanity from existence. Now Arid, along with his human allies, Captain Jim Coalbridge and alien analyst Lieutenant Commander Griff Leher must face down the forces of a tyrannical star empire"--