The Chosen - Softcover

David Drake; S M Stirling

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0671877240 ISBN 13: 9780671877248

Publisher: Baen Books, 1999

Synopsis

Planted by interstallar probes on hundreds of human-occupied worlds, the downloaded personalities of Raj Whitehall and the ancient battle computer known as Center work for planetary unity, preparing those worlds for membership of the Second Federation of Man. Excepton Visigar. On Visigar their work is to prevent unity, for on Visigar a nation-state of vicious militarists is about to start the final war to unite their world. If they succeed then it will only be a matter of time before they turn outward, taking their fatal racist infection with them to the stars. John Hosten is the son of a high general of the Chosen. Jeffery Farr is the son of an admiral of the only nation on Visigar that might be able to halt the march of tyranny. A strange twist of fate has united them in their hatred of all that the Chosen hope to do. Only they - with the aid of the disembodied voices of their mentors from the stars - stand between eternal tryanny for their world and eternal war for the galaxy.

About this title

About the Author:

David Drake is best known for the 'Hammer's Slammers' series which effectively created the subgenre of military SF. S.M. Stirling is the author of the 'Draka' parallel universe series. Together they are the authors of the bestselling 'General' sequence which charts the alternate history of Byzantine hero Belisarius, the finest military genius of his time.

Synopsis:

Working with an ancient battle computer in order to prepare hundreds of planets for membership in the Second Federation of Man, Raj Whitehall encounters the militarist planet of Visigar, where racist practices are used to prevent unity.

About this edition

• Publisher: Baen Books
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0671877240
• ISBN 13: 9780671877248
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 480