The Hunt for Red October in space complete with a fascinating alien “ Sean Connery” ship commander heroic human space-naval officers & a rousing blast-off of a final battle on the edge of the Solar System For alien commander Arid Ricimer there was no going home His species was winning the war with Earth but the civilization he had fought for was gone destroyed from within by ideologues & bureaucrats So he does the only thing that makes sense to a person of integrity—he attempts to defect to Earth with his officers & an entire spaceship a vessel that mounts a superweapon of almost unimaginable power Hot on his heels is his former fleet a force that has already devastated Earth once & is poised to wipe humanity from existence forever ready to do almost anything to deny Earth a chance To the defenders of Earth he is an enigma—and potentially a Trojan horse Yet after years of battling back from the brink of destruction the US space navy has the war-tested heroes to rise to the challenge Ricimer represents—and the danger that follows him—if only those in charge will listen The players are in motion & the greatest confrontation this sector of the galaxy has ever witnessed is at hand Now all depends on the courage of an honorable alien warrior & the intelligence & daring of his human allies About the Author Tony Daniel is the author of five science fiction books the latest of which is Guardian of Night as well as an award-winning short story collection The Robot’s Twilight Companion He is Hugo finalist for his story “ Life on the Moon” which also won the Asimov’s Reader’s Choice Award Daniel’s short fiction has been much anthologized & has been collected in multiple year’s best compilations Daniel has also cowritten screenplays for Sy Fy Channel horror movies & during the early 2000s was the writer & director of numerous audio dramas for critically-acclaimed SCIFICOM’s Seeing Ear Theatre Born in Alabama Daniel has lived in St Louis Los Angeles Seattle Prague & New York City He now lives in North Carolina with his wife & two children