Rise of the Terran Empire : the Technic Civilization saga

Nicholas Van Rijn, The Most Flamboyant Member Of The Polesotechnic League Of Stars Traders, Could See Dark Times Ahead. Fellow League Members Were Using Tactics Verging On Outright Piracy, And Others Were All Too Eager To Sell Starships And High-tech Weapons To Alien Barbarians. Even If Van Rijn And His Right-hand Man David Falkayn Could Find A Way To Stop This, The Glory Days Of The League Were Over -- Back Cover. Mirkheim -- Wingless -- Rescue On Avalon -- The Star Plunderer -- Sargasso Of Lost Starships -- The People Of The Wind. Poul Anderson. Anticipating trouble when his fellow league members engage in acts of piracy and others begin to sell technology to alien barbarians, Polesotechnic League star trader Nicholas van Rijn and his right-hand man, David Falkayn, work to safeguard the world by building a strong military fleet. Original.