Glen Cook : Novel : Star's End

Planet of missiles and mystery, it lured them on -- daring them to hope for victory, to defy its aura of death.

The Fortress On The Edge Of The Galaxy...
was called Star's End, a planet built for death -- but by whom? It lay on the outermost arm of the Milky Way, silent, cloaked in mystery, self-contained and controlled -- tantalizingly close to the harvesting Starfishers.

If they could gain control of that arsenal, the Starfishers need never fear the Confederation's navy nor the forces of the human-like Sangaree.

But intelligent life everywhere now needs the might of Star's End -- and the know-how of agents Storm and BenRabi. For in the midst of the Sangaree wars, a far more sinister enemy approaches from the depths of the galaxy, in hordes as large as a solar system.

And its mission is only to kill...