Birds of prey / by David Drake.
| Author/creator | Drake, David author. |
| Other author | Whelan, Michael, 1950- illustrator. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York, NY : Baen Books : Distributed by Simon & Schuster, ©1984. |
| Description | 348 pages ; 22 cm |
| Subjects |
| Abstract | It had been the capital of the greatest civilization on Earth. Now both city and civilization are dying. Germans flood across the borders from Britain to the Bosphorus, leaving a trail of rape, carnage, and ashes. In the cities, mobs riot; in the countryside, cults seek salvation in dark rituals. Imperial unity has shattered into a mosaic of separatists and usurpers, squabbling among themselves as greater enemies gather to swallow them all. One man stands between humanity and the Long Night, matching his savage determination against a hopeless future. He is Aulus Perennius, an Imperial secret agent as tough and ruthless as the age in which he lives. Until now, though, his enemies have all been human. -page [4] of cover. |
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| General note | "A Baen book." |
| General note | "Baen Books science fiction"--Spine. |
| General note | Cover art by Michael Whelan. |
| Acquisitions source | Joyner Schlobin Coll. item gift of Samuel Montgomery-Blinn 20250425 |
| Genre/form | Fantasy fiction. |
| Genre/form | Fantastic fiction. |
| Genre/form | Fantasy fiction. |
| LCCN | 84006185 |
| ISBN | 0671559125 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780671559120 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0671559095 (hard) |
| ISBN | 9780671559090 (hard) |