- Paperback: 272 pages
- Publisher: Ace Books; Reissue edition (31 Dec 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0441006809
- ISBN-13: 978-0441006809
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.7 x 2.3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,088,423 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
Major (Dirigent Mercenary Corps)
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The latest assignment of Lon Nolan takes him to the remote mining planet of Bancroft, where his platoon comes face to face with an enemy army that is mercilessly raiding the outlying settlements--and anyone who gets in their way.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Biography of a Professional Soldier of the future.
1 Mar 2000
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Rick Shelley's book "Major," (ISBN 0-441-00680-9) is the fourth in his series chronicling Lon Nolan's life as a soldier in the Dirigent Mercenary Corps (DMC) is well worth reading. Lon Nolan's adopted home world of Dirigent's major source of revenue is selling the services of professional soldiers and the exporting of military equipment and munitions. Lon has advanced relatively quickly to the rank of Captain in the DMC and is commanding officer of Company A, 2nd Battalion in the 7th Regiment, which is at the top of the contract list for deploying to another world. Prior to the three month contract to train the police militia on the world of Bancroft, Captain Lon Nolan is called to sit as a member of a General Court-martial the results of the weigh heavily on him even after the case is over. The training contract goes well until Lon learns that Bancroft's mining settlements, which are the world's major source of revenue, are being attacked by one or more parties of raiders, who steal the products produced by the mines. Captain Nolan, after negotiating a rider to the contract, leads three of his platoons in to Bancroft's wilderness on a mission to attack, capture, and, if possible, eliminate the raiders based on very little information. The Dirigent Mercenary company looses the first encounter with a group of raiders, but only makes Captain Nolan that much more determined to bring them to bay. You must read the book to find out what happens to Captain Lon Nolan and his troops.
Not good, not bad
17 Sep 2008
Format:Paperback
The problem here is where there are strengths in the narrative they are few and far between. Otherwise it is completely indistinguishable from any other futuristic military scifi that you may have read.
3 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Just readable
8 Jan 2000
Format:Paperback
This book finally reads more like a sci-fi novel than a reading of a manual of the DMC. Lon Nolan has the potential of becoming a stellar action hero, if Mr. Shelly has the ability to make him so. The action scenes need more vivid and exiting or spellbindig segments, while the character developement is almost captivating it falls just short. Compared with the first three books in the series this is the better of the three, but still not up to writers such as E.Moon, and D.Weber.I will give Mr. Shelly one more try and then decide on further purchases.
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