Earth Siege

Ancient were the Ulaggi before the ancestors of man walked upright. The Ulaggi - a race ruled by mindreaders - are wanton killers, marauding through the galaxy, destroying the weak. Destroying everything. Genellan, humanity's first colony in space, is attacked. Thousands die and the colonial capital is destroyed, but the aliens are repulsed. It is humanity's first victory over the aliens. The cost is dear, not only in lives and ships - the Ulaggi learn the location of Earth. The human home planet is in peril. Admiral Runacres, the Tellurian Legion Fleet commander, orders all ships back to Sol-Sys to prepare for the defense of Earth. Desperately, he strives to bring her selfish governments into cooperation. Too soon, the Ulaggi attack in overwhelming numbers, forcing Runacres to retreat under the protection of his lunar defenses. Earth is untenable. The Ulaggi descend to the surface, spreading death and ruin. Captain Sharl Buccari returns to Sol-Sys, with reinforcements from Kon, humanity's ally and bitter enemy of the Ulaggi. Still outnumbered, the human and konish fleets engage.