For really tough jobs, Emperor Colin, the first of that name, is your man. The only person in the galaxy ever to stop the genocidal Achuutani, he went on from there to resurrect an empire that died fourty-five thousand years ago. Hes still got a few problems - like a traitor out to murder him and three-quarters of a billion of his subjects - but if anyone can handle the job, its Colin. But the rest of the galaxy better brace itself, because his progeny are on the way. Not that Sean and Harriet arent nice kids; its just that theyve had a bad day.Theyre a long way from home, marooned with a blown up starship thats left them stranded on a theocratic world of gun powder and pikes, and Mother Church of that world doesnt like them very much. In fact, shes declared them demons, proclaimed Holy War, marshalled the Holy Host, and ordered them exterminated. You might think that things look pretty bleak for the kids, but in reality its Mother Church thats in trouble - because Sean and Harry are chips off the old block - and theyre about to get angry...