Lieutenant Tyrone McHenry was proud to be the first Earth person in the Imperial Mounted Police and was excited to be on his first patrol. with a strange crew that was nothing like him, a mission that was degrading, and a ship with a mind of its own. He also felt that he was not getting quite the respect he deserved for his rank and position. It was shaping up to be a long ride. A story about a young man's coming to grips with the control required to be a good leader, and the need to not control everything, this is a journey to find himself that comes with nuclear missiles, killer hotties, nasty bugs, and giant space slugs tossed in. Written by the author of 'Chickens of the Apocalypse', this is another novel of man's true place in space, overwhelming hubris, and the flaws in our language.