Two Space War
MEN
WHO GO UP TO THE
STARS IN WOODEN SHIPS—
INTO A UNIVERSE OF DANGER!
It is six hundred years in the future and mankind has learned to move
between the stars . . . by going into Two-Space, the vast realm where
sentient wooden ships travel beneath canvas sails in a universe that is
corrosive to technology.
As they charged headlong into the galaxy, humans discovered others who
were already there: The elven Sylvans who live in the vast forests of
low-gravity worlds, the dwarven Dwarrowdelf who thrive deep in the mines
of high-gravity worlds, and other, far more alien races. The ancient
Sylvan race is enchanted by the human culture, embracing Tolkien as
prophecy and taking “classic” human science fiction as a guide.
Against this stellar backdrop, Lt. Thomas Melville's ship is mortally
wounded in a cowardly surprise attack. With his captain killed, Melville
must capture a feral, sentient enemy ship, then must fight his way across
the galaxy to warn of the vast invading armada. In an odyssey of turmoil
and battle he forges his ship and crew into a mighty weapon of war and
earns the love of an alien princess.
Now, if he can only survive the attacks of two very angry alien empires,
and avoid being court martialed by his own nation of Westerness for
getting them involved in a vast intergalactic war, he might live to enjoy
the fruits of his labor.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Dave Grossman is a retired U.S. Army Lt. Colonel, West Point
Psychology Professor, Professor of Military Science, Army Ranger, and
lifelong SF fan. He started his military career as a paratrooper and a
sergeant before attending OCS. Colonel Grossman is the author of the
Pulitzer nominated book, On Killing, which is used as required reading in
courses at military academies, police academies, and colleges worldwide.
He has written many other scholarly and popular works, and since his
retirement from the military in 1998, he now travels the world almost 300
days a year, training elite military and law enforcement organizations.
Besides Leo Frankowski’s popular Cross-Time Engineer series for Del
Rey, which has gone through six novels to date, with frequent reprintings
and translated editions in Italy, Spain, and Poland, he has written the
novels A Boy and His Tank, The Fata Morgana and Conrad’s
Time Machine for Baen. Frankowski was nominated for the John W.
Campbell award for best new writer. His occupations have ranged from
scientist in an electro-optical research lab to chief engineer to company
president. His work in chemical and optical instrumentation has earned him
several patents. Currently a writer and consulting engineer, he lives in
with his new Russian wife and teenage daughter in Tver, Russia.
Illustration by Tom Kidd
Cover design by Carol Russo
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Hardcover
This is a work of fiction. All the characters and
events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real
people or incidents is purely coincidental.
First printing, February 2004
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ISBN: 0-7434-7188-1
Copyright 2004 by Dave Grossman & Leo Frankowski
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