Rome to the Stars opens a Roman space-war series

S. M. Stirling and Melissa Olthoff begin Pax Astra with an invaded colony.

Baen’s Rome to the Stars by S. M. Stirling and Melissa Olthoff arrives October 6, according to its official distributor listing. The 400-page hardcover opens Pax Astra and continues a timeline in which future technology helped prevent Rome’s collapse. That empire has expanded beyond the solar system when a colony is

invaded by the Gra’ak. Commander Aquila Amphion leads the response, charged with protecting three million citizens and rescuing a world Rome considers its responsibility. The mission also has personal stakes: Aquila’s fiancé, Evander Triarius, is among those threatened. Her plan goes beyond recovery of the colony to

carrying the conflict to the attackers’ home world, placing duty and attachment inside the same military campaign. Official source. Headline image: Baen / Simon & Schuster.

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