5 STAR REVIEW  I am a bit royally ticked about this book. See I like it. I’ve liked other books by the writers they have turned out some great science fiction (and science fantasy). Much of it with plenty of action, a lot of it with thought provoking ideas. The book’s great. I sort of stumbled over it after seeing it reviewed and recommended here. Went to the library web-sight and there it was. Hoopla had it in audio all I had to do was download it.  It’s not a totally new idea human soldiers from earth get transported to some other planet or world or universe or whatever and have to make a go of it there. That’s what we got here. the soldiers were about to be slaughtered when they were unexpectedly and against all chance snatched away by aliens to be used as “foreign troops” on a distant world. Like I said not really unique, but this one is done well. it drew me in and held my interest from the beginning.

So why am I ticked off you ask? BECAUSE IT ENDS IN A CLIFFHANGER AND THE LIBRARY DOESN’T HAVE THE NEXT BOOK IN ANY FORM!

For a century, the Americans and Soviets had maintained an uneasy

alliance based on the CoDominium, a world order in which no other power or combination of powers could threaten their mutual hegemony. Thus did the Americans and Russians learn to live at peace with each other.

But nothing lasts forever, the CoDominium’s energies are nearly spent, and internal conflicts are ripping it apart. The future belongs to colony worlds like Sparta—if they can survive the death-throes of Earth’s civilization.

To do that they will need men who understand the art of war, men like mercenary commander John Christian Falkenberg, and Lysander, Prince of Sparta, the first Prince of Mercenaries.