The 14th volume of the collected works of Poul Anderson includes the 4th book of the “Technical History” series: a novel from the history of the Terran Empire and the first novel about Dominic Flandry.

For many centuries, people and Ifrians lived in peace on the planet Avalon. But when the predatory Empire reaches out to Avalon and the Ifri Sphere is unable to stop it, the two races must learn to fight shoulder to shoulder. (“Children of the Wind”) * * *On the border of two great powers - Terra and Merseia - the planet Starkad floats in space, where a young midshipman serves. He will have to save from death not only the natives of Starkad, but also the Empire itself, having seen through the insidious plan of the green-skinned Merseians - but the price will be high... (“Midshipman Flandry”)

ContentsChildren of the Wind (translation by N. Vilenskaya) Midshipman Flandry ( translation by N. Vilenskaya)