During his long career, Edward Dent wrote on a variety of musical subjects, ranging from substantial articles in the most learned journals to less weighty pieces in Radio Times. This volume aims to reflect that variety. Some of the articles are now of primarily historical interest, others offer insights of a fundamental kind; all are informed by Dent's witty and distinctive prose style. In editing this collection, Hugh Taylor has drawn on writings from 1903 to 1951 and included two pieces originally written in Italian and published here in English for the first time. As well as providing...

Special Agent Liam Ward of the Interstellar Navy Investigations Agency (INIA) was enjoying a tour of duty back on Earth in the summer of 2274 when, overnight, he was unexpectedly reassigned. Whisked away under a veil of secrecy onboard the Unified Earth Government Ship Lincoln, a state-of-the-art battlecruiser, he finds a case unlike any he's ever investigated. Chasing down leads involving a missing ship, Ward and the crew of the Lincoln, both biologic and artificially intelligent, relentlessly hunt down interstellar criminals, fight off pirate attacks, and stumble onto something that will...

Acting on cryptic orders, Special Agent Liam Ward of the Interstellar Navy Investigations Agency (INIA) joins the crew of the Unified Earth Government Ship Dauntless, a modified fast-attack craft, as rumors of an alien invasion mount. Humanity recently discovered that though it was not alone in the universe, it was unique-all other surviving species are synthetic in nature. Many of these alien species are outright hostile toward human civilization, with its mix of biological and artificial citizenry. Ward and his new crewmates chase down leads involving the suspicious orders behind his last...