Lt. Leary / RCN #9: The Road of Danger by David Drake

Hardcover with DJ in Very Good (VG) condition. Looks near new.  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...