Cobras: technologically-enhanced warriors bred to fight an alien menace noordinary human can withstand. In times of war, the Cobras are necessary, yet intimes of peace they are often reviled by those they have saved. Now the Cobrashave resisted a second invasion of the alien Troft forces, and forced the Troftto a stalemate - and even converted some thoughtful Troft into uneasyallies against their kin. Yet all is not well in the human sector of the galaxy.A supposed sister empire, the Dominion of Man, threatens the Cobra worlds withwhat is, in effect, enslavement, as it moves to consolidate power over all theCobra worlds. The plan on Aventine: to extort from the Moreau family thelocation of the home planet of a mysterious human ally that may be more powerfulthan the Dominion: the Qasaman empire! Meanwhile, Cobra Merrick Moreau is on asecret mission of his own to a world of humans enslaved by Troft masters. It isa world of barbaric cruelty where humans are slave chattel to Troft gamblers.There the Troft force whole villages, even children, into life and deathstruggles served up for Troft entertainment.New York Times #1 bestselling author Timothy Zahn continues hisCobra SF adventure series with Cobra Slave, the first entry in anew Cobra saga, Cobra Rebellion.