A star explodes. And a billion years later, a galaxy explodes in war. When the heavymetal ruin of Mirkheim is discovered at the edge of Known Space, the gigantic planet becomes the center of war that is fought in all the far reaches of Earth's dazzling and corrupt empire. This epic adventure of the end of a thousand-year civilization sweeps from hyperspace skirmishes in the radio glare of dark suns, to the bloody deals in the corridors of Earth itself, where the stars are traded like coins.

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