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Short Synopsis
The fourth book in the Vatta's War series from Nebula Award winner Elizabeth Moon continues the action-packed militaristic story of Kylara Vatta, who must bring a ragtag group of traders together into a cohesive force who must strike back at their foes.

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After orchestrating a galaxy-wide failure of the communications network owned and maintained by the powerful ISC corporation, Gammis Turek and his marauders strike swiftly and without mercy. First they shatter Vatta Transport. Then they overrun entire star systems, growing stronger and bolder. No one is safe from the pirate fleet. But while they continue to move forward with their diabolical plan, they have made two critical mistakes.

Their first mistake was killing Kylara Vatta's family.

Their second mistake was leaving her alive.

Now Kylara is going to make them pay.

But with a "fleet" consisting of only three ships—including her flagship, the Vanguard, a souped-up merchant cruiser—Kylara needs allies, and fast. Because even though she possesses the same coveted communication technology as the enemy, she has nowhere near their numbers or firepower.

Meanwhile, as Kylara's cousin Stella tries to bring together the shattered pieces of the family trading empire, new treachery is unfolding at ISC headquarters, where undercover agent Rafael Dunbarger, estranged son of the corporation's CEO, is trying to learn why the damaged network is not being repaired. What he discovers will send shock waves across the galaxy and crashing into Kylara's newly christened Space Defense Force at the worst possible moment.

Command Decision


Author Elizabeth Moon

Narrated by Cynthia Holloway

Publication date Jan 5, 2009

Running time 16 hrs

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