The Spectre General: The Golden Age Science Fiction Classic

On a remote world, a hard-worked battalion of space marines still follows orders handed down from a vanished empire. Life is crude, discipline is old-fashioned, and most of the men no longer understand the technology they are sworn to maintain. When an impulsive young soldier discovers more than he should, he stumbles into a crisis that reaches far beyond his isolated garrison.

Across the stars, a failing regime hunts enemies both real and imagined while its machines, ships, and leaders all...