Imperfect Sword

The wait is over. New York Times bestselling author Jack Campbell continues his action-packed spin-off to The Lost Fleet series as the Syndicate's civil war threatens to spread even farther into the final frontier?

President Gwen Iceni and General Artur Drakon have successfully liberated the Midway Star System?but the former rulers of the Syndicate Worlds won't surrender the region without a fight. The dictatorial regime has ordered the ex?Syndicate CEOs terminated with extreme prejudice and the system's citizens punished for their defiance.

Outnumbered and led by junior officers hastily promoted in the wake of the uprising, Midway's warships are no match for the fleet massing and preparing to strike. But the Syndicate isn't the only threat facing Iceni and Drakon. Another former CEO has taken control of the Ulindi Star System, the first calculated move toward establishing his own little empire.

With Drakon's ground forces dispatched to Ulindi, Midway erupts in violence as Syndicate agents and other, unknown enemies stoke a renewed revolt against Iceni's power?leaving both her and Drakon vulnerable to trusted officers just waiting for an opportune moment to betray them?

?Jack Campbell” is the pen name of John G. Hemry, a retired naval officer who graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis before serving with the surface fleet and in a variety of other assignments. He is the author of The Lost Fleet series (The Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier: Steadfast, The Lost Frontier: Beyond the Frontier: Guardian) as well as the Stark’s War series (Stark's Command, Stark's Crusade) and the Paul Sinclair series (A Just Determination, Burden of Proof). His short fiction appears frequently in Analog magazine. Imperfect Sword is the third novel in The Lost Stars series (Perilous Shield, Tarnished Knight).