Commander Flandry - aka The Rebel Worlds Author:Poul Anderson The Barbarians in their long ships waited at the edge of the Galaxy... waited for the ancient Terran Empire to fall, while two men struggled to save it: ex-Admiral McCormac, forced to rebel against a corrupt Emperor, and Starship Commander Flandry, the brilliant young officer who served the Imperium even as he scorned it. — Trapped between ... more »them was the woman they both loved, but couldn't share: the beautiful Kathryn -- whose single word could decide the fate of a billion suns.« less