Entry number two in the Citizen series, sequel to Into the
Hinterlands. Science fiction adventure on the frontier realms of an
empire written by biological scientist Dr. John Lambshead and nationally
bestselling author 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 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 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.
