The Skylark of Valeron

The universe belongs to the Seatons. Richard Ballinger Seaton has grown up on tales of his ancestor's cosmic exploits: the discovery of Rovolon, the building of the first Skylark, the battles against the treacherous DuQuesne. Now old enough to inherit his legacy, Richard takes the new Skylark of Valeron into the stars to continue what his bloodline began. But DuQuesne still lives, still schemes, and the galaxy has grown vaster and more dangerous than either Seaton ever imagined. What follows is pure, uncut space opera: interstellar war, scientific marvels, love, betrayal, and the question of whether one family can hold back the darkness between the stars. This is the genre at its most glorious and unapologetic, written by one of its founding fathers.