Of Honor and Treason

Summary:

Four hundred years in the future, mankind has spread to the stars and new empires rule. The most powerful of these are the Klimar Empire, a human Imperial oligarchy, and the Norda Homelands, which is inhabited by a race of humanoid aliens who prefer to be left alone.

The threat of war looms between the stars. A mad Emperor dreams of conquests, and the Norda scientist-rulers have decided to destroy the encroaching humans. Two beings, together, can stop the coming carnage. The Norda warrior-messiah can hold the Homelands at bay by defecting to the Human Lands. The richest man in three empires can thwart the Emperor’s ambitious dreams–if he can keep his vast estates from the madman’s control.