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Jest rok 2315. Unia Terrańska toczy wojnę międzygwiezdną z Kragami – obcą rasą dążącą do eksterminacji ludzkości. Niszczyciel „USS Cumberland", którego dowódcą jest kapitan Max Robichaux, ma wziąć udział w kluczowej operacji. Jednak przedtem kapitan musi przywrócić okręt do sprawności bojowej, i bynajmniej nie chodzi tu o sprawy techniczne. „Man of War. Wezwał nas honor" to klasyczna space opera, z mocno zaznaczonym wojskowym sznytem.

Sometimes Captain Max Robichaux fights by the book—and sometimes he throws the book away. This makes him one of the Union Space Navy's rising stars. It's also what has kept him and his green crew alive...thus far.

In 2315, the Earth Union is losing a 30-year-long war with the Krag Hegemony. Having encountered the Krag before, Space Commander Max Robicheaux now faces daunting challenges aboard the USS Cumberland: The dangers from the enemy without…and clashes with crew and superiors within. Meanwhile, Doctor Sahin receives a coded message summoning him to a secret meeting which aims to forge an alliance that could change the balance of power in Known Space.

The Terran Union is engaged in a vast interstellar war against the Krag Ruthless aliens intent on exterminating humankind. In 2315, the wily Max Robichaux is given command of the USS Cumberland, a destroyer with state-of-the-art capabilities but a combat record so bad, she’s known as the “Cumberland Gap.” Capt. Robichaux’s first mission: to take his warship to the Free Corridor, where the Krag have secretly been buying strategic materials, and to seize or destroy any ships carrying enemy cargo.