Star Destroyers

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BIG SHIPSBLOWING THINGS UP

IN SPACE, SIZE MATTERS!

Boomers. Ships of the Line. Star Destroyers. The bigger the ship, the better the bang. From the dawn of history onward, commanding the most powerful ship around has been a dream of admirals, sultans, emperors, kings, generalissimos, and sea captains everywhere. For what the intimidation factor alone doesnt achieve, a massive barrage from super-weapons probably will.

Thus it was, and ever shall be, even into the distant future. From the oceans of Earth, to beneath the ice of Europa, to the distant reaches of galactic empires, it is the great warships and their crews that sometimes keep civilization safe for the rest of usbut sometimes become an extinction-level event in and of themselves.

In Superweapon by David Drake, a fight for possession of an ancient alien warship will determine the fate of two vast interstellar powers. Then in Hate in the Darkness by Michael Z. Williamson, a team of libertarian Freeholders must think outside the box to do battle with the might of the United Nations and its powerful navy. And in A Helping Hand, Jody Lynn Nye posits an interstellar submarine on a rescue mission behind enemy lineswith the fate of an entire species hanging in the balance.

Big, bold, and edge-of-your-seat space opera and military science fiction from David Drake, Sharon Lee & Steve Miller, Michael Z. Williamson, Steve White, Robert Buettner, Susan R. Matthews, Dave Bara, and many more!

Complete contributor list:David Drake,Michael Z. Williamson,Mark L. Van Name.Steve White,Jody Lynn Nye,Brendan DuBois,Sharon Lee & Steve Miller,Susan R. Matthews,Mike Kupari.J.R. Dunn,Robert Buettner,Christopher Ruocchio,Dave Bara,Joelle Presby,Gray Rinehart.

AboutStar Destroyers:
. . . spectacular space battles and alien contacts . . . themes of military ethics, the uses of artificial intelligence, and the limits of the capacity of the human mind. . . . it is the human interactions and decisions that ultimately drive the stories. . . . will appeal to fans of military and hard science fiction and any readers fascinated by the possibilities of space travel.Booklist

. . . stories of giant spaceships at war, at peace, and in the often-gray areas between. . . . a worthy addition to a long tradition of ship-based fiction, and its authors portray captains, arcane astrogators, and civilian child passengers with equal depth. Its recommended for fans of military SF and space adventure.Publishers Weekly

. . . youd probably expect some tight, action-filled space opera stories of giant space battles . . . and theres some of that. But there are also espionage stories, rescue missions, political conflicts, alternate histories, even a few humorous tales. . . . each author took the premise in a different direction . . . if I had to identify one common feature to all the stories, it would be that theyre all fun. . . . Like it says, big ships blowing things up. Whats not to likeAnalog

Author Bio

Christopher Ruocchiois the author ofThe Sun Eater, a space opera fantasy series, as well as a formerassistant editor at Baen Books, where he has edited several anthologies. He is a graduate of North Carolina State University, where he studied English Rhetoric and the Classics. Christopher has been writing since he was eight and sold his first novel,Empire of Silence,at twenty-two. To date, his books have been published in five languages.

Christopher lives in Raleigh, North Carolina with his wife, Jenna.

Tony Daniel is an editor at Regnery Books and a former senior editor at Baen. He is the author of more than a dozen science fiction novels.