Book description
Renowned throughout the galaxy as the finest soldiers ever born, the
men of the Dorsai had been hired by El Conde, sovereign of Gebal Nahar,
to transform his rag-tag army into a fighting force to be reckoned with.
Now the revolution had erupted, and the men once trained by the Dorsai
bore arms against them. Bound by their rigid code of honour, the
mercenaries' first duty was to protect El Conde from the rebels. But
what chance had a handful of warriors, however noble and fearless,
against the massed ranks of the Naharese? 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.
