The Rebel Worlds

Poul Anderson

Near-Shakespearean tragedy in a galactic setting. Who in this novel can be classified as "good guys" or "bad guys?" . . The corrupt and dissolute aristocracy governing Earth's empire? . . The alien Merseians, lurking in the interstellar dark, poking and prodding at the Empire, awaiting its fall? . . The former High Admiral who can no longer tolerate watching the Empire fall apart, and finds he MUST lead a rebellion, even though he knows it's wrong, even though he knows it's hopeless? . . The young officer Dominic Flandry, scornful of the collapsing Imperium, but true to his duty? . . Or the beautiful woman loved by both men, turned into a pawn by the reptilian aliens? YOU decide! The barbarians in their long ships waiting at the edge of the Galaxy waited for the ancient Terran Empire to fall, while two struggled to save it: ex-Admiral McCormac, forced to rebel...

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