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Also by William C. Dietz:

Battle Hymn, February 2018
Hardcover / e-Book
Graveyard, February 2016
Paperback / e-Book
Redzone, August 2015
Paperback / e-Book
Deadeye, February 2015
Paperback / e-Book
Andromeda's War, December 2014
Hardcover / e-Book
Andromeda's Choice, December 2013
Hardcover / e-Book
Andromeda's Fall, December 2012
Hardcover / e-Book
A Fighting Chance, November 2011
Hardcover / e-Book
Bones Of Empire, October 2010
Hardcover
At Empire's Edge, October 2009
Hardcover
When Duty Calls, October 2008
Hardcover
When All Seems Lost, October 2007
Hardcover

AT EMPIRE'S EDGE
By: William C. Dietz

From the national bestselling author of When Duty Calls, the first book in an exciting new science fiction duology.

Ace Books
October 2009
On Sale: October 6, 2009
Featuring: Zak Cato
336 pages
ISBN: 0441017592
EAN: 9780441017591
Hardcover
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Science Fiction

In a far-distant future, the Uman Empire has spread to the stars and beyond, conquering and colonizing worlds, ruling with a benevolent—but iron—fist. The Pax Umana reigns—and all is well…

But on one planet a race of violent, shape-shifters called the Sagathies are confined, kept captive by xeno-cops, who have been bio-engineered to be able to “sense” their true identities no matter what guise they assume. Still, every now and then one of them manages to escape, and when that occurs no one is safe.

Jak Cato is a xenocop. He’s returning a fugitive Sagathi to the prison planet where it belongs when things go horribly awry. Cato—who misses being slaughtered along with the rest of his team because he’s drunk at the time—must now figure out who betrayed his friends, recapture the Sagathi, and exact revenge.

Which means that he must, for the first time in a long time, act like the hero he was engineered to be. It's going to be a tough job, but Cato is duty-bound to bring the alien in, whatever the cost…