Tour of the Merrimack: Volume Two

Earth's space forces, spearheaded by the United States, have long been at war with the forces of the Palatine Empire, a neo-Roman culture that broke away from Earth's control long ago. The pride of the U.S. space fleet is the battle-class starship, the U.S.S. Merrimack, commanded by Captain John Farragut. But when the alien life-form known as the Hive—a biological force whose only imperative is to seek and devour—begins wreaking destrution aross the galaxy, the Romans are forced to tur…