Book description
Donal Graeme set out to re-shape the galaxy, but first he must tear it
apart. Donal Graeme, Dorsai of the Dorsai, was the final link in a long
genetic train, the ultimate soldier, whose breadth of vision made him a
master of space war and strategy - and something even greater. He was
the focus of centuries of evolution, the culmination of planned
development, and through him a new force made itself felt. Dorsai were
renowned throughout the galaxy as the finest soldiers ever born, trained
from birth to fight and win, no matter what the odds. With Donal at
their head they embarked upon the final, impossible venture: they set
out to unify the splintered worlds of Mankind. Gordon R. Dickson (1923
- 2001) Gordon Rupert Dickson was born in Alberta, Canada, in 1923 but
resided in the United States from the age of thirteen. Along with Robert
A. Heinlein, he is regarded as one of the fathers of military space
opera, his Dorsai! sequence being an early exemplar of both military SF
and Future History. Dickson was one of the rare breed of authors as well
known for his fantasy as his SF - The Dragon and the George, the first
novel in his Dragon Knight sequence, was shortlisted for the World
Fantasy Award and won the British Fantasy Award. Dickson's work also won
him three Hugos and Nebula. He died in 2001.
