Author : A. Bertram Chandler
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 1473215021
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (732 download)
Book Synopsis Space Mercenaries by : A. Bertram Chandler
Download or read book Space Mercenaries written by A. Bertram Chandler and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2015-11-26 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Her ex-Imperial Highness of Outer Space had developed a conscience. With a well-armed space cruiser on her hands, she didn't want to sell it to just anyone - that is, anyone under Empire control. So the former Empress and her ex-space captain husband became mercenaries for GLASS - the Galactic League for the Abolition of Suppression and Slavery. Their first assignment was blockade-running, to bring antibiotics to the plague-ridden humans on Antrim, besieged by the Halicheki bird-people and ignored by the Empire. Only, this would be a ticklish business for they could not fire one shot at the Halicheki without being legally termed pirates. And although the ex-Empress and her husband were open-minded enough to try all sorts of devious tricks, the prospect of being hanged for piracy by the Empress' successor did not appeal to either of their natures...