The Mendozan Guild. A criminal cartel. Ruthless and violent, it has killed almost everyone Samira Anders has ever loved. But she fought back, ripping the life out of the Guild's boss of bosses in a storm of 40-mm cannon fire. Now, humiliated and angry, the Guild knows it must kill her too. It has to. Not to would be show weakness, and the Guild has too many enemies waiting to tear it apart. And Samira knows it.Samira's choices are not good. Running is a really bad option; the Guild...

A death machine . . .Thousands of light-years from humanspace, an ancient culture has created the Shield, a malignant, mindless machine with one task: to annihilate every sentient being it encounters.The Shield has already slaughtered billions.And now it is the turn of humanity to die.

Ladaki-6 is a terrible place, a planet controlled by the Assembly of the All-Knowing One, a fundamentalist cult with a fondness for hangings, a severe shortage of cash, and an unshakeable belief that faith, not science, will keep its devotees safe.Kal Kariuki never planned to go anywhere near it, but Ladaki-6 is one of the few places in humanspace willing to employ an out-of-work marine with an addiction problem and no money.Only to find that the Fates have other plans for he...

“A planet-stomping space opera that bursts off the page like a tactical nuke.”—John Birmingham, author of Weapons of ChoiceThe Hammer Worlds—the most brutal and oppressive interstellar government in the universe—have hijacked the Federated Worlds cruise ship Mumtaz, seizing its valuable terraforming cargo and damning its passengers to mining the moons of the prison planet known as Hell.For Junior Lieutenant Michael Helfort and the crew aboard deep ...

In this revised and updated edition, An Economic History of Europe re-establishes itself as the leading textbook on European economic history. With an expanded scope, from prehistory to the present, it will be invaluable source for students, educators and researchers seeking to better understand Europe's long-run economic development. The authors cover key themes including the rise of institutions, technological advancements, globalization, and the Industrial Revolution, with a fresh empha...

If he survives, hell just may freeze over.The savage Hammer Worlds are not only near invincible but almost certain to win their war to crush the Federated Worlds and control humanspace–unless the Feds can find and destroy their secret antimatter warhead facility.Only dreadnoughts, the lone Federated ships able to withstand antimatter missile attacks, can do the job, and only Lieutenant Michael Helfort has the skill to lead them. But skill may not be enough, because Helfort ...

He thought Hell was the worst they could throw at him.He was wrong.Back from tangling with the Hammer of Kraa, the most brutal, trigger-happy tyrants in humanspace, Junior Lieutenant Michael Helfort is assigned to the Federated Worlds heavy cruiser Ishaq, which is struggling to rise to the threat posed by a newly resurgent Hammer. Aboard the floundering ship, Helfort is coming to grips with a painful injury and the unpleasant truth that nobody likes a young hero–least of all...

America is drowning in debt, its leadership of the Free World compromised, its allies isolated and weakened, its position as the globe's most powerful nation under attack from a relentless China.A China that sees the 21st Century as its century. A China determined to become the world's only superpower. A China whose manifest destiny is to stand astride a humbled America.But what so many accept as inevitable, a group of ultra-nationalist Americans refuse to accept. If the Unit...

This revised and extended edition of the leading textbook on European economic history has been updated to take account of contemporary economic developments and the latest research and debates. A concise and accessible introduction that covers the full sweep of the European history, the book focuses on the interplay between the development of institutions and the generation and diffusion of knowledge-based technologies. With simple explanations of key economic principles, the book is an i...

Cowed into appeasement by the threat to destroy their home planets with antimatter warheads, the Federated Worlds are a spent force. Only a ragtag rebel army stands between the Hammer of Kraa and total victory. The consequences of that triumph are too terrible to contemplate. Thousands of worlds will be subjugated, millions murdered, and billions enslaved by an empire spanning hundreds of light years, an empire fuelled by blood, an empire built on the bones of its enemies.The rebels...

The SAGE Handbook of Diplomacy provides a major thematic overview of Diplomacy and its study that is theoretically and historically informed and in sync with the current and future needs of diplomatic practice . Original contributions from a brilliant team of global experts are organised into four thematic sections:Section One: Diplomatic Concepts & TheoriesSection Two: Diplomatic InstitutionsSection Three: Diplomatic RelationsSection Four: Types...

This book provides an introduction to the theory and practice of diplomacy and its vital role in an era of increasing international uncertainty.The work employs a distinctive "diplomatic perspective" on international relations and argues that the experience of conducting diplomacy gives rise to a set of priorities: first, the peaceful resolution of disputes; second, the avoidance of unwanted conflict; and, third, the minimization of the intensity of violent conflict where it has be...