March to the Stars By: David Weber and John Ringo (Empire of Man Series #2)

Roger Ramius Sergei Alexander Chiang MacClintock has had a really bad year.Bad enough to be the spoiled rotten fop of a prince no one wanted or trusted.Worse to be sent off on a meaningless diplomatic mission, simply to get you out from underfoot, with a bodyguard of Marines who loathe and despise you.Worse yet to be assumed dead and marooned for almost a year on a hell-hole planet while you and those same Marines fight your way through carnivorous beasts, murderous natives, and perpetual rain to the only starport. . . which is controlled by the Empire's worst enemies.Worst of all to have discovered that you were born to be a warrior prince. One whose bodyguards have learned the same lesson. And one haunted by the deaths of almost a hundred of your Marines... for what you know now was an unnecessary exercise in political expediency.A warrior prince who wants to have a few choice words with your Lady Mother, the Empress of Man.But to have them, you, your surviving Marines, and your Mard