01700cam a2200325 i 4500 341432085 TxAuBib 20180409120000.0 171031s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017052468 9781481483131 25.00 1481483137 25.00 TxAuBib rda Drake, David, 1945- Though hell should bar the way [BOOK] / David Drake. Riverdale, NY : Baen, [2018] xi, 402 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier RCN series ; 12 "Sequel to Death's bright day"--Jacket. "Roy Olfetrie planned to be an officer in the Republic of Cinnabar but when his father was unmasked as a white-collar criminal he had to take whatever was offered. What is offered is a chance to accompany Captain Daniel Leary and Lady Adele Mundy as theygo off to start a war that will put Roy at the sharp end. Duty snatches Roy from the harem of a pirate chief to a world of monsters, from interstellar reaches in a half-wrecked starship to assassination attempts at posh houses. The action doesn't slow andnor can Roy. Captain Leary himself has given Roy a chance and he is determined to make the most of it"-- Provided by publisher. 20180409. Leary, Daniel (Fictitious character) Fiction. Mundy, Adele (Fictitious character) Fiction. Space warfare Fiction. Science fiction. RCN series ; 12.