THE EMPIRE’S NEW NAVYThe Emperor Trajan is building a powerful new navy for the Sintaran Empire. Remotely piloted warships can accelerate faster than humans can withstand, and ships spend so much time in hyperspace, a single crew can man multiple ships, solving the perennial manpower problem.But even with the help of a genius young team of design engineers, there’s a lot of work to do to even get to the point of building new ships. It will take years, years the Emperor may not have. Someone’s causing trouble, and war is coming.Will the Empire’s new navy be ready in time?THIS IS THE FOURTH BOOK OF EMPIRE