&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <I>Of all the hosts of Eurotas the Troias were the most fell. For they were born of Winter.</i><P>&nbsp;<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Between the Solar Array Pumped Laser and <st1:city><st1:place><I>Troy</i></st1:place></st1:city>, the two trillion ton nickel-iron battlestation created by eccentric billionaire Tyler Vernon, Earth has managed to recapture the Sol system from their Horvath conquerors and begin entering the galactic millieu.<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; But when the Rangora Empire rapidly crushes humanity's only ally it becomes clear the war is just beginning. At the heart of nickel iron and starlight are the people,&nbsp;Marines, Navy and civilians,&nbsp;who make <st1:city><st1:place><I>Troy</i></st1:place></st1:city> a living, breathing, engine of war. Survivors of apocalypse, they know the cost of failure.<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; If <I>this</i> <st1:city><st1:place>Troy</st1:place></st1:city> falls, no one will be left to write the epic.<P>&nbsp;<P>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <I>Citadel</i> continues the saga begun in <I>Live Free or Die</i>, following the paths of several characters during the first years of The Spiral Arm Wars culminating in the First Battle of E Eridani.