{"description": {"type": "/type/text", "value": "\"Roy Olfetrie planned to be an officer in the Republic of Cinnabar but when his father was unmasked as a white-collar criminal he had to take whatever was offered. What is offered is a chance to accompany Captain Daniel Leary and Lady Adele Mundy as they go off to start a war that will put Roy at the sharp end. Duty snatches Roy from the harem of a pirate chief to a world of monsters, from interstellar reaches in a half-wrecked starship to assassination attempts at posh houses. The action doesn't slow and nor can Roy. Captain Leary himself has given Roy a chance and he is determined to make the most of it\"--"}, "key": "/works/OL19740641W", "authors": [{"type": {"key": "/type/author_role"}, "author": {"key": "/authors/OL4740632A"}}], "title": "Though hell should bar the way", "subjects": ["Space warfare", "Fiction", "Fiction, science fiction, general"], "subject_people": ["Daniel Leary (Fictitious character)", "Adele Mundy (Fictitious character)"], "type": {"key": "/type/work"}, "genres": ["/tags/OL179T"], "latest_revision": 3, "revision": 3, "created": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2019-05-24T06:16:08.726266"}, "last_modified": {"type": "/type/datetime", "value": "2026-08-29T07:38:42.123191"}}