Vortex (Sten #7)

Allan Cole · Chris Bunch

Apr 2015 · Wildside Press LLC

About this ebook

The Eternal Emperor had returned at last from the dead, to pick up the pieces of his crumbling Empire. But even that great leader could not halt the Empire’s decline alone. And so Sten — master spy, military strategist, and assassin — found himself appointed Ambassador Plenipotentiary to the Altaic Cluster, where a brewing civil war threatened the stability of the Empire itself. Quelling a civil war is nothing new for Sten, but as the war intensifies, he begins to suspect that he is up against more than a mere local disturbance. Someone — operating in deep–cover and seemingly backed by the highest authorities — is working behind the scenes to manipulate events and escalate disaster. And that someone wants nothing more than to see Sten dead...

About the author

Cole was a son of a CIA operative, and was raised in Europe, the Middle East and Far East, attedning nearly thirty school in thirty-two countries. He has been a full-time writer since 1979.

Chris Bunch became a full-time novelist following his twenty-year career as a television writer. A military veteran, he was the "Locus" bestselling author of student popular works as the Sten series, "The Seer King, The Demon King", and the Last Legion series. He passed away in 2005.