Publisher's Synopsis
- Sequel to national bestsellers Torch of Freedom and Crown ofSlaves, and Book Three in the Crown of Slaves series set in DavidWeber's Honorverse.
- The Mesan Alignment: a centuries-old cabal that seeks to impose its visionof a society dominated by genetic rank onto the human race. Now the conspiracystands exposed by spies Anton Zilwicki and Victor Cachat - one an agent ofHonor Harrington's Star Kingdom of Manticore, the other a Haveniteoperative. The outing of the Alignment has turned the galaxy's politicalframework topsy-turvy. Old coalitions have disintegrated. New alliances havebeen born. But more information is needed to bring the Alignment out of theshadows. Now, defying the odds and relying on genetic wizardry themselves for adisguise, Zilwicki and Cachat return to Mesa - only to discover that eventhey have underestimated the Alignment's ruthlessness andsavagery.
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