[Looking Glass 03] • Manxome

In the midst of recovering from their successful if casualty prone first mission, the crew of the Alliance Space Ship *Vorpal Blade* are suddenly scrambled back into action. All other priorities take second place as word arrives on earth of a gate colony which has fallen to an unidentified alien assault. As the only space ship currently available to the Human-Adar Alliance, the *Vorpal Blade* is dispatched to find out what happened to the colony, rescue any survivors and learn the identity of the attackers.

With new complexities added to the universe started in the novel *Into the Looking Glass* and continued in *Vorpal Blade*, *Manxome Foe* continues the tradition of non-stop action, valorous if quirky characters and rigorous science drawn from the frontiers of current theory. The odd-ball crew of the *Vorpal Blade* is an unlikely savior of earth, but none dare say they quail at engaging the Manxome Foe.