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I found this book to be thoroughly entertaining. Drake writes about a very specific topic, Military SF, and he does an outstanding job. Allthough I might not have his same background in the U.S. Army I am quite familier U.S. Navy (going on 7 years acvite duty), I still find that his charactors portray an accurate picture of the comman war fighter in any nations army. Well maybe except that the officers are usually the hero. If you are a military member looking for a story written close to home or if you are just looking for a book with well thought out charactors and a excellent plot Mr. Drake can take on all challengers.

David Drake writes military science fiction like no one else, and this novel is one of the best examples of why. It has large quantities of intense action, character development under fire, and a mass of memorable characters.In many ways the book is what a Slammers' story would be like if you boiled it down to the essentials and then escalated the action another notch.

I had difficulty with this at first, I had just read another military science fiction book where a chart in the book helped you keep track of all the characters. So I guess I was spoiled. This book bounced around with so many names and so may perspectives that I almost put it down on the second chapter. I am glad I didn't. This stand alone story really turned around, and finished on a very satisfying note. A mercenary group of soldiers is dropped on a planet for a relatively easy assignment of keeping the miners from leaving. The soldiers lose their Colonel when the local military tries to sell them out to an invading force from another planet. By the end I was hoping for a sequel. Great character development, exciting plot, believable atmosphere of an another world and society, dialogue, fast paced realistic action, I recommend.

I am a big fan of the Hammer's Slammers series and have enjoyed some of Mr. Drake's other books, but this was not his best effort. The premise was good but the book never grabbed me. It was a Fair book at best.