It is the age of the Celestial Empire, and the mighty civilizations of Imperial China and Mexica have taken their ancient war to the red planet, Fire Star.
The grand sweep of the battle is presented through the eyes of three members of the Dragon Throne's armed services from their induction into the armed forces to their eventual fight for survival on the front line. Time and time again they find themselves locked in a deadly struggle with the Jaguar Knights and Eagle Knights of the Mexica Dominion, and the fate of the new world lies in the balance.
The grand sweep of the battle is presented through the eyes of three members of the Dragon Throne's armed services from their induction into the armed forces to their eventual fight for survival on the front line. Time and time again they find themselves locked in a deadly struggle with the Jaguar Knights and Eagle Knights of the Mexica Dominion, and the fate of the new world lies in the balance.
Chris Roberson's short fiction can be found in various anthologies and in the pages of Asimov's, Postscripts, and Subterranean Magazine. His novels include Here, There & Everywhere (Pyr, 2005), The Voyage of Night Shining White (PS Publishing, 2006), and Paragaea: A Planetary Romance (Pyr, 2006), and he is the editor of the anthology Adventure Vol. 1 (MonkeyBrain Books, Nov 2005). Roberson has been a finalist for the World Fantasy Award for Short Fiction, the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, and twice for the Sidewise Award for Best Alternate History Short Form (winning in 2004 with his story "O One"). Along with business partner and spouse Allison Baker, Roberson is the co-owner of MonkeyBrain Books, an independent publishing house specializing in genre fiction and non-fiction genre studies.
