| The Road of Danger | |
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| Series number | 9 |
| Universe year | 5152 |
| Release date | April 1, 2012 |
| ISBN | 9781451638158 |
The Road of Danger is the ninth novel of David Drake's RCN series, published in 2012.
Plot[]
Captain Daniel Leary with his friend–and spy–Officer Adele Mundy are sent to a quiet sector to carry out an easy task: helping the local admiral put down a coup before it takes place. But then the jealous admiral gets rid of them by sending them off on a wild goose chase to a sector where commerce is king and business is carried out by extortion and gunfights.
With anarchy and rebellion in the air, a rogue intelligence officer plots the war that will destroy civilization and enlists the help of a brute whom even torturers couldn't stomach.
And, of course, it's up to Leary and Mundy to put a stop to the madness.
Detailed Plot[]
It's 5152 CE. There is peace at last between the great powers of Republic of Cinnabar and Alliance of Free Stars. But there are conspirators willing to shatter the fragile truce. Following information received in What Distant Deeps, Daniel Leary and Adele Mundy on RCS Princess Cecile embark on an urgent mission to Macotta Region.
More coming soon.
Background[]
Drake said that his idea of the plot came from a phrase in Roman historian Livy, regarding an episode in the history of Rome and Carthage after the second Punic War.[1]
He also has more on this on Eric Flint's site.
References[]
Sources[]
- ↑ David Drake, 2013-04-12, "Baen Free Radio hour: David Drake, Charles E. Gannon, Shadow of Freedom part 4", Baen Podcasts, retrieved 2013-04-13
Characters[]
Daniel Leary • Adele Mundy • Charlie Platt (Madison) • Rene Cazelet • Tovera • Tomas Grant • Jeletsky • Braun • Rudolph Doerries • Kirby Pensett • Pasternak • Hogg •
Starships[]
Estremadura • Princess Cecile • Savoy • Wahol • Schelling • Archduke Wilhelm • Manzanita Maid • Sister Kate • Phoenix • Savoy • Ella • Flink • Sicher • Commune • Milton • Tapfr • Marie • Chloe • Feursnot • Themis •
Nations[]
Republic of Cinnabar • Cremona • Alliance of Free Stars •
Locations[]
Holm • Kronstadt • Kronstadt Naval Basin • Ashetown • Madison (planet) • Madison System • Sunbright • Halta City • Saal • Cremona • Tattersall • Leelburg • Kotzebue • ME8*9JB • Matrix • Sunbright System • Macotta Region • Funnel Cluster • Forty Stars • Forty Stars Squadron • Seventeenth Diocese on Port Sanlouis • Isocha Yards • Kostroma City • Krishnamurti and Wife • Criterion •
Other[]
Macotta Squadron • Landsmarck War • Cinnabar Home Fleet • External Bureau • Sunbright Rebellion • Calpernius Trading • Bilajan Navy • Casimir Radiation • Treaty of Amiens • Intransigents • Populars • Speaker of the Republic • Permanent Secretary of the Senate •
External links[]
- Snippet and background on Eric Flint's site.
- Livy's History of Rome Book 31, sections 31.10 and 31.22.