Death of a Starship

Plot

Science fiction. The Xenic Bureau of the Grand Ekumenical Security Directorate investigates of aliens, strange disappearances and anomalous events in the star-spanning empire of this far future tale. Bureau operative Jonah Menard is charged with finding the truth about the supposed reappearance of the long-lost battleship Enver Hoxha. An Golliwog, is set on Menard's trail in case the rumors are real, while cashiered starship engineer Micah Albrecht holds more of the truth than even he realizes. This classically styled science fiction adventure leads all three of them on a across the empire and into the dangerous heart of old military secrets far better left untouched. They encounter technological mysterious maybe-aliens, and some good old fashioned political backstabbing along the way to a pyrotechnic ending.