Crusade: David Weber and Steve WhiteBook II of Starfire. Neither side having proved capable of pressing their conflict to a successful conclusion, the Human Orion war to end all interstellar wars has collapsed into an uneasy peace. But it is a peace filled with fear, hatred and mistrust on both sides. Then from out of a warp point notorious for devouring space ships, appears a ship from the dim mists of half forgotten history. It responds to hails from patroling Orion sentry using