Download or read book An Honorable Defense written by David Drake and published by Baen Publishing Enterprises. This book was released on 1998-11-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Emperor is dead, leaving only a child as successor. Will the leaders of the empire rally behind the heir? If not, interstellar civilization will once again dissolve into civil war and slide into another long night of barbarism. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).