Crisis of empire, III : the war machine

What's worse than a corrupt, decadent, autocratic, oppressive regime? Corrupt, decadent, autocratic, oppressive aliens... "For Reasons of State" they ripped his marriage apart and forced his wife into the bed of another man. Now their empire is in danger and he is the one man in place to stop the alien threat. But there's a problem: when the Empire ruined this loyal servant's perfect marriage - and his life - with its political maneuverings they turned Captain Allison Spencer into a junkie. But sometimes necessity can bring out the best in a man, no matter how far he's fallen. In a story of personal heroism and individual boldness Drake & Allen bring The Crisis of Empire to a rousing climax. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (DRM Rights Management). How do you handle semi-intelligent drops of what appears to be parasitic solder? Add to that a helmet composed of several of these creatures that is intelligent and evil. Take a former intelligence officer, steal his nobel wife then reward him with the rank of Captain and introduce him to the governments special investigations force who will in turn assign him to solving the mystery of the threat aimed at all intelligent life in the pact. Another well written story by master author David Drake. The Empire had ruined Captain Allison Spencer's life--forcing his wife into the bed of another man and leaving him a junkie--but an alien threat requires that it rehabilitate him