Larger	The Tyrant (Raj Whitehall, Bk 8) Author: Eric Flint, David Drake
	Book Information Publisher: Baen Book Type: Mass Market Paperback Rating: 8 ISBN-13: 9780743471503 - ISBN-10: 0743471504 Publication Date: 9/1/2003 Pages: 512

The Confederacy of Vanbert, once the world's mightiest realm, has fallen to decay and internal corruption. Justiciar Verice Demansk, one of its rulers, embarks on a bold course of action to rectify the condition of the land that he loves even if his actions mark him as a traitor and transform him into a tyrant.

The authors of the "Belisarius" series (The Tide of Victory, etc.) join forces to continue a second series (formerly coauthored by Drake and S.M. Sterling) depicting the fall of a society much like the Roman Empire. Set in an alternate universe with connections to the world of the Belisarius series, this exercise in historical and military sf should appeal to fans of alternate history.