Category:Wing Commander: False Colors

Wing Commander: False Colors
English language cover, Baen Books. Note the misprint on the cover of William H. Keith instead of Andrew Keith.
Author(s)	William R. Forstchen Andrew Keith
Cover Artist	Gary Ruddell
Language(s)	English Czech
Publisher	Baen Books
Publication Date	1999
Pages	470 pp
ISBN	0-671-57784-0
Retail Price	U.S. $6.99 CAN $8.99
Autographed Title Page of False Colors. Author Andrew Keith making light of the misprint on front cover

False Colors marks the end of the Baen Books' line of Wing Commander novels. Andrew Keith, who died unexpectedly shortly after the books publication, had tentative plans for a pair of sequels to False Colors (involving Prince Murragh's return to power and then a war between the Landreich and the Confederation). More information (including an interview with the authors and a preview chapter!) can be found here.

Cover Copy

MORE WAR . . .

 A desperate attack on the Kilrathi homeworld had

succeeded in destroying the entire planet, including

the Emperor and his warlords. The surviving Kilrathi,

on warships and on their colony worlds were

hopelessly demoralized and had sued for peace. The

catlike warrior race was no longer a threat to Earth and

its colonies. Thirty-five years of war had finally come to

an end, bringing peace in our time. They thought. . . .

 The reality was more ominous. There were still

plenty of independent Kilrathi warlords surviving,

commanding a formidable array of warships and

weaponry. Some wanted revengve on the apes who had

destroyed the sacred homeworld, some wanted to set

up their own new empires, and some were simply

content to go pirate, raiding human colonies at will.

But back on Earth, the war-weary people and their

leaders turned a deaf ear to reports of Kilrathi

belligerence, preferring to look forward to a peaceful

and prosperous future.

 But it was only the calm before a new storm. . . .

Around The World

False Colors was never published in Germany.

Czech language cover, Poutnik Knihy.

Characters

Human

Kilrathi

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