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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherBaen Books
ISBN-100671319906
ISBN-139780671319908
eBay Product ID (ePID)1897099
Product Key Features
Book TitleForeign Legions
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2001
TopicScience Fiction / Action & Adventure, Science Fiction / Space Opera, Science Fiction / General
GenreFiction
AuthorEric Flint, David Drake, David Weber
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight20.8 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2001-025187
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal813/.0876208
SynopsisA collection of novellas chronicles the exploits and adventures of guilds of star-traveling merchants and their not-so-obedient human slaves and mercenaries., Lots of Soldiers Work for CiviliansThey don't Like,but these Romans had It Worsethan Most --Their Commanders wereBlue-Skinned Aliens! The guilds of star-traveling merchants had strict rules to prevent their technology from falling into the hands of the natives of planets they were exploiting: military operations had to be carried out with weaponry no more complex than swords and bows.That was no handicap to merchant princes with a galaxy to scour for military slaves to do their fighting for them. Some came to Earth for soldiers and returned to the stars with the best the planet had to offer. For over two thousand years the aliens thought they'd succeeded brilliantly -- but then things changed!Set in the universe ofRanks of Bronze,masterful new novellas byDavid DrakeEric FlintS. M. StirlingMark L. Van Nameand David Weberexplore the bleeding edge between human courage and the science of alien slavemasters. The right man with a sword is just as deadly as a technician with a laser --And not all the blood spilled is red! YESTERDAY THEY WERE THE BESTINFANTRY ON EARTH-NOW THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE ON THEWHOLE GALAXY.