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"FIRST TIME IN PAPERBACK. #1 in an ALL-NEW military science fiction adventure series from veteran best-seller David Drake. Creator of Hammer&#8217;s Slamners and genre-defining author has sold over 4 million books.#1 in a new series from a military science fiction master with over 3 million books in print. A young hero comes of age in the crucible of war and galactic struggle.  When Allen Allenson, scion of a noble family that has fallen on hard times, gets a mission to roust the power-hungry Terrans from a &#8220;wild&#8221; star sector where they&#8217;re encroaching, he jumps at the chance to show his individual worth, improve his family&#8217;s fortunes &#8211; and gather enough lucre to make a good marriage.&nbsp;&nbsp; But the wily Terrans are not so easily persuaded by a young colonial they think of as a rube.  Worse, Riders, the beings who naturally ply the wilderness between the stars, are playing their own deadly political games &#8211; against the Terrans, against the colonials, and against one young greenhorn commander in particular: na&#239;f young Allen, whom they figure they can manipulate to do their bidding.&nbsp; The one thing nobody has counted on is the fact that Allen, while young and inexperienced, and much to his own amazement, happens to be a hero in the making.&nbsp;  About Into the Hinterlands: &#8220;Drake and Lambshead combine politics, military expeditions, and deep-space exploration into an intriguing tale&#8230;Recommended for all SF collections.&#8221; &#8211;Booklist  &nbsp;About David Drake&#8217;s RCN series: &#8220;[R]ousing old-fashioned space opera.&#8221;-- Publishers Weekly on the &#8220;RCN&#8221; series. &#8220;The fun is in the telling, and Mr. Drake has a strong voice.&nbsp; I want more!&#8221; &#8211;Philadelphia Weekly Press &#8220;[S]pace opera is alive and well.&nbsp; This series is getting better as the author goes along&#8230;character development combined with first-rate action and memorable world designs.&#8221; &#8211;SFReader.com About David Drake: &#8220;[P]rose as cold and hard s the metal alloy of a tank&#8230;rivals Crane and Remarque&#8230;&#8221; &#8211; Chicago Sun-Times &nbsp; &#8220;Drake couldn&#8217;t write a bad action scene at gunpoint.&#8221;&#8211; Booklist   Comprehensive Teacher's Guide available."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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