Smoke on the Water (Gammalaw 1) - Softcover

Brian Daley; James Luceno

3.25

51 ratings by Goodreads

9780345358585: Smoke on the Water (Gammalaw 1)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0345358589 ISBN 13: 9780345358585

Publisher: Del Rey, 1997

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Though they contemplated a final suicide mission of blood, guts, and glory, the Exts knew their warrior superskills were no match for the LAW--Legal Annexation of Worlds--who were sent into space by the mighty Periapt potentates to colonize new populations against the evil, alien Roke.

Among the Ext draftees bound for Periapt were Allgrave Burning, his techno-wizard cousin Lod, and beautiful, death-scarred Ghost, all sworn to a greater purpose, destined to fight in a star-torn war like none other. For a mysterious, danger-shrouded planet beckoned them--along with a disgraced starship captain and a powerful high priestess--for the greatest battles of their lives . . .

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From the Publisher:

GammaLaw is a military science fiction series with plenty of action and combat to satisfy even the most bloodthirsty reader. It also incorporates big ideas about utopian societies, the nature of existence, and humankind's place in the cosmos by showing a group of conscripted soliders fighting on a distant planet for a politician's dreams of peace.

From the Back Cover:

"From the opening paragraph--perhaps the most skilled lead into any combat story yet written--to the conclusion, this is SF at its best."
--Lt.-Col. Michael Lee Lanning, US Army (Ret.)

Author of The Only War We Had

and Inside Force Recon

"Combines high-tech, high-tension action with the sort of characters real adventure requires. If you want excitement, you want GammaLAW."
--Donald E. McQuinn

Author of With Full Honors

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