Victory

Lester del Rey, a prolific American science fiction author and editor, is celebrated for his influential works and the establishment of Del Rey Books. His notable accolades include the E. E. Smith Memorial Award and the Nebula Grand Master Award. In his poignant short novel Victory, a victorious captain returns to his home planet after an alien war, only to confront the unsettling truth that victory comes at a steep price and that humanity may have succumbed to cowardice.