Einai Series by Simon Lang

When they dragged Dao Marik out from under the wreckage of his field hospital, no one knew that the course of the interstellar war between the Federation and the Krail Empire would be irrevocably altered; nor that this man—and the woman for whom he was searching—could save an entire race from oblivion.

On the starship Skipjack, a valiant and costly mission of rescue has just ended - and an ordeal of terror is about to begin. For while dissension and rumblings of mutiny divide the starship's crew, a strange and alien entity - the Elluvon - appears in their midst, seeking shelter and offering a gift both precious and mysterious.The coming of the Elluvon plunges the Skipjack into a turmoil which threatens to engulf the entire galaxy... moreOn the starship Skipjack, a valiant and costly mission of rescue has just ended - and an ordeal of terror is about to begin. For while dissension and rumblings of mutiny divide the starship's crew, a strange and alien entity - the Elluvon - appears in their midst, seeking shelter and offering a gift both precious and mysterious.The coming of the Elluvon plunges the Skipjack into a turmoil which threatens to engulf the entire galaxy. As the seeds of rebellion grow aboard the Skipjack, an ominous, deadly threat appears from without; an invasion by vicious intergalactic pirates determined to seize the Elluvon gift and sell it to the highest bidder - the dreaded Krail, skilled and fearsome warriors from another planet, poised for their final attack!Out of the worlds of the imagination comes a novel rich in adventure, romance, and intrigue - a spellbinding leap into a visionary future in the great tradition of Simon Lang's ALL THE GODS OF EISERNON. less

Pirates invade the Summer Palace and kidnap the Einai Royal Heir, a tiny child. Dao Marik launches a night rescue during a hurricane. Sea-monsters. Dungeons. Explosives. Two beautiful young women to defend. Marik is back again at his best, with the fastest-moving action in this quadrant of the galaxy. Listen for the trumpets!

USS Skipjack travels back through space/time: to Earth, 1942, and to Eisernon on the eve of the One-Day War. What lies in store in those lost centuries? What will they find in the Past that should never be found? What secrets, what perils, what traps await? Timeslide. Dare you go with them?