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With the Lightnings
Author: David Drake
Topic: Science Fiction
Publisher: Baen Publishing Enterprises
Cover art: David Mattingly
Published: 1999
Source: BaenEBooks

During a war between a Republic of Cinnabar and the Alliance of Free Stars, a coup d'état takes place on a neutral planet of Kostroma, with both factions becoming involved. Two Cinnabarian protagonists - a navy lieutenant and emigre librarian - find themselves in the center of the unfolding events.

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