"Young Jim Endicott has but one dream - to attend the Terran Space Academy, the gateway to the stars and the far-flung civilization known as the Confederation."--BOOK JACKET. "But unbeknownst to Jim, he has a secret encoded in his DNA. A secret that threatens an empire."--BOOK JACKET. "Jim's Academy application sets off an explosive chain of terror, hurling the young man into an adventure beyond his wildest dreams. In his new life, he plumbs the depths...

"Jim Endicott is a hero - and he hates it. Using the cybernetic secret weapon encoded in his DNA, he defeated the dreaded Hunzza fleet, but at a terrible cost in lives, both human and alien. Now Jim wants only to live a " normal" life and forget the horrors he witnessed and the heroic destiny he despises."--BOOK JACKET. "But a new and even more terrible conflict is stirring. Earth's former ally, the Alban Packlord, suspects that humans are about to...

A less likely group of saviors has never before jockeyed a great starship across the heavens, but Jim Endicott and the Sone Cowboys are suddenly the last hope of humanity.