The Thucydides Trap

Thucydides Trap: A point when one great power threatens to displace another, and war is unavoidable

Thracius "Tracy" Belmanor has struggled to do his patriotic duty after losing the love of his life: Empress Mercedes de Arango. Embroiled in a desperate war, the Solar League has no pity for his grief and he cannot afford the distraction of longing for a woman he can never have.

For duty alone-as a soldier and as a father-Tracy enters into a marriage of state. Now a member of the royal family t...