The Darkest of Nights by Charles Eric Maine

The brilliant military commander Vorian Atreides, son of a Titan, has the gift of long life from his terrifying father and knows the machines' minds better than any man alive. In the years of peace too many of mankind have forgotten that their machine enemies never sleep.īut some have forgotten nothing - and learned from their triumphs. The surviving Titans are creating new lieutenants to do their will when at last they return to attack the human beings they once ruled. The universal computer mind Omnius has retreated to its last stronghold, where it plots a devastating new strategy that could undo the victories of the Butlerian Jihad. Humanity can still win - if it can make the final sacrifice

has twists and turns that could only happen in a Vorkosigan-inspired novel.Boy, can she write! ' - Anne McCaffrey.īrian Herbert - Kevin J.

'Georgette Heyer has met her match for intrigue and style!. This is the first chronologically combined edition, as chosen by the author. Publisher's Note: 'Miles Errant' has been previously published in parts as 'Borders of Infinity', 'Brothers in Arms', and 'Mirror Dance'. This time, the consequences look fatal and permanentunless two brothers can each learn the other's true names and games. Another rescue, of clone children scheduled to be murdered for their bodies, goes seriously sour. Two years later, on the crime planet of Jackson's Whole, disaster gets a new name: Mark Pierre Vorkosigan. Miles' attempt to juggle both his identities, Admiral Naismith and Lieutenant Lord Vorkosigan, crashes when a new player enters the game: the brother he never knew he had. Will he find damnation though good works, or faith alone? Still reeling from the prior mission, the Dendarii Free Mercenary Fleet puts in at old Earth for repairs and finds old enemies. Truth and Consequences: A covert ops liberation of Barrayaran allies in a Cetagandan pow camp goes awry and Miles Naismith is right in the middle of it.

The Darkest of Nights by Charles Eric Maine