The city and the ship. 4,7 : 4) the city who fought -- 7) the ship avenged

Two action-packed novels from the series that began with The Ship Who Sang come together in an omnibus edition that contains The City Who Fought and The Ship Avenged.

Simeon was bored. Not with being a shellperson-like Helva, The Ship Who Sang, and Tia, The Ship Who Searched, he rather pitied softshells their mayfly lives and absurdly limited senses-but with running the mining and processing station that made up his body. So when the arrival of an out-of-control refugee ship interrupted his latest wargame the excitement was welcome. Then the refugees told their story: attack by space barbarians. Soon, long before any help could arrive from Fleet, Station SSS-900 would be in the Fist of High-Clan Kolnar, and nobody would be bored, least of all Simeon. If anyone was to survive, somehow he must transmute his hobby into the real thing, and become The City Who Fought. It's ten years later, and Joat, the eleven year old techno-demon from The City Who Fought, is an adult herself, and by hook, crook and blackmail she's become one of the youngest commercial ship owners in human space.

Two novels in one large volume, both set in the same universe as The Ship Who Sang: The City Who Fought: Simeon was bored with running the mining and processing station that made up his "body." Then the invaders came. If anyone was to survive, somehow he must transform his wargaming hobby into the real thing and become The City Who Fought. The Ship Avenged: Ten years later, Joat, the eleven year old techno-demon heroine of the first novel is now an adult herself. She and her ship are on the trail of the Kolnari space raiders, trying to stop them before they can spread an infectious, mind-destroying disease among the inhabited stars and destroy civilization throughout the galaxy. 'The City and the Ship' is a collection of two novels: 'The City who Fought' and 'The Ship Avenged'. The city who fought / by Anne McCaffrey and S.M. Stirling The ship avenged / by S.M. Stirling.