The Empire of Earth, spanning more than a thousand solar systems, is threatened by a conspiracy from within. Now, with more than three-quarters of the Galaxy re

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Imperial Stars" by Edward Elmer Smith. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a l

"Empires do not grow old gracefully. As the edifice of ancient government succumbs to entropy, as civil war reigns, and upstart nations encroach upon the elder

Stories deal with interstellar barbarians, spacefaring civilizations, and peacekeeping, and are accompanied by essays and poems about military policy, space war