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For the promise of a commission, Corporal Whitney O'Thraight had become Ship's Armorer on the first interstellar flight launched by the planet Vespucci. But the Asperance's maiden voyage was also its last. And just a few hours after the crash landing, the crew was overrun by armored savages. Only Whitney and a badly wounded lieutenant survived, and they were prisoners of the local Baron.Tags
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This book follows the crew of the titular ship as they travel the galaxy overthrowing the oppressive governments(if the local population has made the proper ethical and philosophical advancements) Some nice world-building and interesting characters, I enjoyed it
Like most of Smith's work it is dirivitative and not particularly rivinting. Probably enough to make me put down the North American Confederacy series for good.
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L. Neil Smith is the three-time winner of the Prometheus Award for Best Libertarian Fiction for his novels Pallas (1993), Forge of the Elders (2000), and The Probability Broach (1980). As founder and National Coordinator of the Libertarian Second Amendment Caucus, publisher of the on-line magazine The Libertarian Enterprise, and a Life member of show more the National Rifle Association, Smith is renowned for his prominence in the Libertarian movement, of which he has been a part for more than thirty-five years. Author of more than twenty books, Smith has been hailed for his ability to combine adventure, humor, and rivetingly original political concepts to create more compellingly than any other writer, novels that embody Libertarian concepts. He currently resides in Fort Collins, Colorado, with his wife and daughter. show less
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- Tom Paine Maru
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- 1984-08
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