Space War #14

When a brilliant scientist working in secret on a time machine dies at the hands of a military general during an endless war between Earth and Venus, his devoted assistant Peter inherits both the machine and the scientist's conviction that peace, not weapons, holds the real answer. As the Venusians execute a daring raid to steal Earth's newest superweapon and tip the balance of power in their favor, Peter must decide whether to let history unfold as written—or risk everything to change it.

In 1482 Meckleburg, a fearful village blames a mysterious witch for their misfortunes and demands her capture—but a knight intervenes, offering the accused old woman sanctuary. Years later, when a peasant revolt threatens the same knight's life, an unexpected savior arrives from the skies, repaying his kindness with a deed that proves the old tales were true all along.

When humanity detects an alien fleet hovering over Earth, the world turns to Captain John Shelby to lead their rebuilt space force in a desperate delaying action—drawing the invaders away from the planet while scientists scramble to develop better weapons. But as Shelby pilots his fleet deeper into the unknown reaches of space, his crew struggles with fear, doubt, and the mysteries of the cosmic void itself. The fate of mankind rests on a strategy born of desperation, and nobody knows if the captain's gambit will buy Earth the time it needs—or lead his ships to oblivion.