The Judge of Ages

"So much damned fun, so engagingly written, and so hugely imaginative" this alien invasion space opera is "science fiction in the grand tradition" (Booklist).

The year is 10,515 AD. The Hyades Armada, traveling at near lightspeed, will reach Earth in just four centuries to assess humanity's value as slaves.

For the last 8,000 years, two opposing factions have labored to meet the alien threat in very different ways.

One of them is Ximen del Azarchel, immortal leader of the mutineers from the st...