No Glory Sought Series, Book 1: No Oath Sworn By Phil Geusz: Is War What
Makes Us Human? Tommy Longo was just fifteen when his brain was removed
so that he could become a superfighter pilot; any older and it would've
been too late. The separation was only meant to last a year or two, and
he was supposed to remain a civilian. Instead he gets caught up in a
surprise attack and is asked to help cover a major retreat, a thankless
and difficult job for even the most seasoned veteran. Can a civilian boy
find the inner strength to stand up to such a grueling task? And when
it's done, will he have what it takes to fight an even dirtier war
alongside the guerillas long after his high-tech fighter is gone? What
does war mean, anyway? What sense can be made of it, and what purpose
does it serve? For that matter, what can war mean to the
no-longer-quite-human? And perhaps most important of all...Can young
Thomas survive it?