"After his wives were murdered in a border raid, the former pirate Phoebus Krumm had settled into a decadent retirement onthe planet Hanover II. But before long, Krumm found himself again in command of a tachyon sailship, commissioned by the CEO Lia Woodgate and charged with destroying a new threat to the balance of interestellar power: a dreadnaught starship far more powerful than any other, a "dagger poin ...Full description
"After his wives were murdered in a border raid, the former pirate Phoebus Krumm had settled into a decadent retirement onthe planet Hanover II. But before long, Krumm found himself again in command of a tachyon sailship, commissioned by the CEO Lia Woodgate and charged with destroying a new threat to the balance of interestellar power: a dreadnaught starship far more powerful than any other, a "dagger pointed at the heart: of the Hanoverian Monopolity by its interstellar rival, the Jendyne Empirry-Cirot. On this mission Krumm is joined by Bretta Martyn, the daughter of his best friend Henry Martyn -- who himself has gone missing while investigating the Jendyne Ceo Burton Haillwater's plans."-- Page 4 of cover.