Synopsis: From the DAW first printing: "Stellar Empire - The natives of Eridanus had spaced in veterans of Napoleon's Dragoons to save them from warlike invaders... and the Bonapartists had stayed. In fact, they had followed the tenets of the Little Corporal and had raised their own imperial standard over the conquered stars. But the path of empire is always uncertain and the untested vagaries of stellar warfare and of imperial intrigues kept the former Captain Bernard on the edge of his new throne. Enemies among the advanced races of the Milky Way were gathering and the possibility arose that for this student of Napoleon there might also be a Waterloo in his stars. It's a novel of space war that will fascinate students of history and dedicated war-gamers alike - and everyone else who enjoys a wild sf adventure!"