Colin MacIntyre's life as a NASA astronaut might not have been exciting, but at least it was orderly. Unfortunately, he's been tapped for greater things, and he isn't too sure he likes it.
First he was kidnapped by an ancient, self-aware starship masquerading as Earth's moon. Then he was drafted as its captain to suppress a fifty-thousand-year old mutiny. And *then* he had to mobilize the planet against the attack of an eons-old alien menace dedicated to the eradication of all intelligent life in the *galaxy*.
It's hard to blame him for feeling a little stressed but there's something Colin MacIntyre doesn't know about all the things he's had to do.
I've gotta say: I *love* Weber's space battle stories. This one was great. An excellent sequel to Mutineers' Moon, for sure. I can't wait to start Heirs of Empire now.