About the book: 2005 / Humanity has colonized hundreds of planets. Now in the Galaxy, the descendants of earthlings—and “strangers”—live, trade, and fight side by side. But war - cruel, terrible - falls on one planet after another. Friends become enemies, enemies become allies, and peacefully coexisting races shed each other's blood. The next world to enter a senseless galactic war could be Liaden... and that will be the end of it. How to stop the inevitable? Sharon Lee, Steve Miller. I dare (2002)