A sequel to Hope Reborn this omnibus collects The Anvil & The Steel in David Drake&s General series After the collapse of the galactic Web civilizations crumbled & chaos reigned on thousands of planets Only on planet Bellevue was there a difference There a Fleet Battle Computer named Center had survived from the old civilization When it found Raj Whitehall the man who could execute its plan for reviving human civilization he & Center started Bellevue back on the road leading to the stars Now Raj Whitehall has come close to reuniting the entire planet of Bellevue But the half-mad jealousy & fear of emperor Clerett is about to give Raj no choice but to revolt or face death & the loss of all he has gained for freedom