Crisis - Fleet, Bk 6 Author:David Drake (Editor), Bill Fawcett (Editor) Pledged to protect us all — The soldiers of the Alliance come from different worlds, different cultures. But they share a common mission: to protect and reclaim occupied space Now they face the secret power behind the Khalian invasion: the Syndicate of Families. — Now humanity joins forces with its centuries-old enemy, the Kh... more »alians, to combat a common foe -- the ruthless Syndicate of Families, which stands poised to seize control of the known universe. The Syndicate controls thousands of alien races and worlds, and possesses advanced technology far beyond anything the Fleet has fought before. Worst of all, the Syndicate is human. How can the Fleet, already exhausted from one grueling war, hope to win this even greater conflict -- against a foe capable of infiltrating the Fleet itself?
Contents:
Orphans [The Fleet] (1991) / novelette by Christopher Stasheff
Final Exams [The Fleet] (1991) / novelette by Diane Duane and Peter Morwood
Kyodai [The Fleet] (1991) / novella by Steve Perry
Tarnhelms [The Fleet] (1991) / novelette by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Kinetic Kill [The Fleet] (1991) / novelette by Poul Anderson
Distress Signals [The Fleet] (1991) / novelette by Katherine Kurtz and Scott MacMillan
No Quarter [The Fleet] (1991) / short story by Janny Wurts
Pawns [The Fleet] (1991) / short story by Mike Resnick
The Mosquito [The Fleet] (1991) / short story by Jody Lynn Nye
Mission Accomplished [The Fleet] (1991) / short story by David Drake
Fratricide [The Fleet] (1991) / novelette by Janet Morris
Call to Conquest [The Fleet] (1991) / short story by Judith R. Conly
Ronin [The Fleet] (1991) / short story by Shariann Lewitt [as by S. N. Lewitt]