"Governor (1) (Ascent to Empire)" by David Weber and Richard Fox

"Governor (1) (Ascent to Empire)" by David Weber and Richard Fox
    https://www.amazon.com/Governor-Ascent-Empire-David-Weber/dp/1982126116/

Book number two of a two book military science fiction series.  I read 
the well printed and well bound MMPB published by Baen in 2022.  I am 
not sure if this precedes Weber's "In Fury Born" or is a sequel to it. 
And this book is obviously planned to be a trilogy, I wonder if it will 
make it.

The Federation and the League have been at war for over fifty years. 
Over six billion lives lost.  Each union has thousands of human worlds. 
And then there are the three meter tall Rish lizards and Quarn avian 
alien races to complicate thigns with their own agendas.

On the fringes outside the Heart worlds of the Federation, the Fringe 
worlds are constantly raided by League pirates for materials and slaves. 
  But this time the League force destroyed the entire infrastructure of 
the Fringe planet, just before winter arrived at the 150,000 person 
colony.  So it is a race for the colonists to freeze or starve.

The authors have websites at:
    http://www.davidweber.net/
and
    https://www.amazon.com/Richard-Fox/e/B00HVM4QBY

My rating:  4 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating:  4.7 out of 5 stars (1,765 reviews)

Lynn