The First Casualty
FOUR SOLDIERS. ONE WAR. Asteroid miner Mary Rodrigo and freighter owner Mattim Abeeb are green draftees of the Society of Humanity, forced to fight for Earth—a planet they’ve never even seen. Major Ray Longknife and his lover, Senior Pilot Rita Nuu, are career soldiers, invested with the cause of...
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FOUR SOLDIERS. ONE WAR. Asteroid miner Mary Rodrigo and freighter owner Mattim Abeeb are green draftees of the Society of Humanity, forced to fight for Earth—a planet they’ve never even seen. Major Ray Longknife and his lover, Senior Pilot Rita Nuu, are career soldiers, invested with the cause of the Unity Party—and its ambitious new president. These four soldiers on opposing sides of the battle are about to discover the true nature of this terrible war: a quest for profit—from the high command of both sides. What they will risk is nothing less than their lives. For although truth may be the first casualty of war, it’s not going to be the last…
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780441005932 (0441005934)
Publish date: January 1st 1999
Publisher: Ace (MM)
Pages no: 325
Edition language: English
Series: Jump Universe (#1)
Great precursor to the Kris Longknife series, although this series was actually written first, it is only now they are being republished due to the success of the follow-on KL series that I found out about them and was able to get a copy. Well worth the read, I'm enjoying this immensely, looking for...