Humanity joins forces with its centuries-old enemy, the Khalians, to combat a common foe--the Syndicate of Families--that stands poised to seize control of the known universe, in an anthology that features stories by Christopher Stasheff, Poul Anderson, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, and Mike Resnick, among others. Reissue.
This book is part of the The Fleet Books series and is book #5 in the series.