by Stefan T. Possony, Ph.D.;
Jerry E. Pournelle, Ph.D. and
Col. Francis X. Kane, Ph.D. (USAF Ret.)
The book that helped win the Cold War.
The entire book is online here by
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"On the cover...is the claim 'No. I Adventure Novel of the Year.' And well it might be." -Milwaukee Journal
Some days it just didn't pay to be a soldier. Captain Rick Galloway and his men had been talked into volunteering for a dangerous mission -- only to be ruthlessly abandoned when faceless CIA higher-ups pulled the plug on the operation. They were cut off in hostile territory, with local troops and their Cuban "advisors" rapidly closing in. And then the alien spaceship landed....
And so begins a spectacular novel of high adventure, one of the best works ever by the co-author (with Larry Niven) of several national bestsellers, including The Mote in God's Eve, Lucifers Hammer, and Footfall. Enter and be swept away into a world imbued with that combination of the fantastic and the utterly believable that is the Pournelle trademark.
John Christian Falkenberg adopts as his personal mission bringing peace to the scattered Earth colonies in the hope that some part of human civilization may survive the inevitable collapse of the home planet. To keep peace, however, he needs men who understand the art of war, men like Lysander, Prince of Sparta.
"Two successful writers of military oriented SF team up to produce the latest series of exploits of Falkenberg's Legion....one of the best...."--Science Fiction Chronicle
Adventures on a world forever at war created by Pournelle with stories by Larry Niven, Poul Anderson, David Drake, John Dalmas, S.M. Stirling and others.
The first War World novels, with S.M. Stirling, Judith Tarr, Susan Shwartz, Harry Turtledove.
also by Pournelle
"Excellent science fiction adventure...."--Poul Anderson
A Man-Kzin Wars novel.