ENTRY #2 IN CITIZEN SERIES, SEQUEL TO INTO THE HINTERLANDS. Science
fiction adventure on the frontier realms of empire written by biological
scientist Dr. John Lambshead and nationally best-selling writer David
Drake.
THE RIGHT MAN FOR A VERY BAD JOB
The Cutter Stream colonies were at peace. If everybody behaved
reasonably, that peace could last a thousand years.
Allen Allenson had known war; it had made him peaceful and reasonable.
He was far too experienced to believe the same was true of all his
fellow colonists, however, let alone the government of the distant
homeworld across the Bight.
War was coming, a war that the colonies had to win if they were ever to
be more than prison camps and a dumping ground for incompetent noblemen.
The experience that had caused Allenson to hate war made him the only
man who could lead the colonial army.
Allenson knew that he wasn't really a general, but he understood his
fellow colonists better than any homeworld general could. He would free
the Cutter Stream, or he would die trying.
What Allen Allenson would not do, what he would never do, was quit.
About Into the Maelstrom:
"[The authors] neatly adapt real history to a science fiction
framework in the second novel of the Citizen trilogy . . . Drake and
Lambshead are telling the story of George Washington as a space opera. .
. . [I]ngeniously structured retelling."--Publishers Weekly
About Into the Hinterlands:
"Drake and Lambshead combine politics, military expeditions, and
deep-space exploration into an intriguing tale...Recommended for all SF
collections."--Booklist
About David Drake's RCN series:
"[R]ousing old-fashioned space opera."--Publishers Weekly on the
"RCN" series.
"The fun is in the telling, and Mr. Drake has a strong voice. I want
more!"--Philadelphia Weekly Press
"[S]pace opera is alive and well. This series is getting better as the
author goes along...character development combined with first-rate
action and memorable world designs."--SFReader.com
About David Drake:
"[P]rose as cold and hard s the metal alloy of a tank...rivals Crane
and Remarque..."--Chicago Sun-Times
"Drake couldn't write a bad action scene at gunpoint."--Booklist
