Compiled and edited by Eric Flint.
A future war is being fought across the galaxy and the key to victory
can be found on the legendary lost world where humanity originated –
Earth. But even if the lost home world can be found, there may be no
place for humans on it anymore. The once-lowly creatures who are now
the sole inhabitants, and which mankind dominated in ages past, have
been raised to a high level of intelligence and the future they plan is
not one with any room for the former rulers of the planet. This future
saga is here assembled for the first time, as well as several bonus
short novels in a huge volume of highly original space adventure.