The Tyrant

The human galactic federation is in ruins, and the worlds have devolved to various levels of barbarism. On the planet Bellevue, which is at about the early nineteenth century in development, a young officer named Raj Whitehall and his friend venture into the catacombs under the capital. There, they......more

The thought crosses my mind that the magic computer pushing the ersatz Rome in the direction of democracy and away from monarchic empire is virtually superfluous. It's really only there for science fiction cred. Ah well, it's better than the unstoppable super-android from Armageddon Reef, and it is......more

An entertaining read I enjoyed reading this book, but I have to say it was a little too complex for me to follow in detail. Development of technology is right up my alley, but the messy details of political plots, wrangling, obfuscation and bloody-mindedness just confused me. But I did enjoy the repr......more

From Publishers Weekly Veteran Drake (Mistress of the Catacombs) and relative newcomer Flint (1632) manage to instruct as well as entertain in this latest volume in their popular... series. Human space has fallen into anarchy and barbarism after the collapse of the Galactic Federation. On the......more

What is it about the covers of the Drake/Flint books? After the absolutely stupid and misleading cover of the latest installment of the Bellisarius-series the people at Baen Books have done it again: putting a Xena-style (lightly clad) female warrior on front. So what about the content? Eric Flint ha......more