Lucas Trask is a lord on the planet Gram, about to marry, when the madman Andray Dunnan shoots his bride on their wedding day and flees in a stolen warship. Trask takes command of a Space Viking ship and sets out among the decayed worlds of the Old Federation, raiding and trading, while vengeance gives way to the larger question of how civilisations rebuild.
A space-opera classic from Analog, full of politics and history, for readers who like their adventure with ideas. Download the free EPUB.