SSS-900, a huge space station controlled by the brain of Simeon–a shellperson who relieves his daily monotony by replaying computer simulations of great battles–becomes the only thing standing between ruthless alien pirates and total destruction.
S. M. Stirling
The sequel to The City Who Fought, in which Joat, one of the youngest commercial ship owners in space, is commissioned to transport a deadly breakout disease by Belazair of the Kolnari.