Robert C. Thomas

With the Lorilon war hopelessly dragging on, Captain Stuart Joseph commander of the Home World Third Fleet has taken a calculated risk, disobeying direct orders the fleet has destroyed the Lorilon stronghold of Tor Dunlaw. It is a risk he knows may cost him his command and his career.Yet even with this victory he knows his enemy still holds the upper hand in a ten year war that has nearly crippled and drained the resources of the Home World planets. He believes their final push for invasion of Home World space is imminent, and without a new resolve, it could be their last hurrah.

With more than 10,000 geysers, hot springs, fumaroles, and mud pots, as well as cubic mile upon cubic mile of once-incendiary rhyolite, the landscape of Yellowstone Country vividly displays its fiery past and present. The region contains 1/5 of the world�s geysers, including the most famous of them all, and is the setting of some of Earth�s most destructive volcanic eruptions. The 19 road guides in Roadside Geology of Yellowstone Country fully explore this volcanic pedigree while also delivering you to sites that have recorded the region�s broad and deep geologic story, which includes exquisitely preserved, 50-million-year-old petrified trees buried in conglomerate; mountain-sized blocks of rock that slid more than 50 miles in a massive debris avalanche; the glacially carved craggy peaks and U-shaped valleys of the Beartooth Mountains and Absaroka Range; and the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, the excavation of which is still a mystery. This completely revised second edition reexamines the region using the latest scientific thinking and now includes stunning full-color photos, maps, and diagrams.