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Captain Rick Galloway, after reluctantly volunteering for a perilous assignment, finds himself and his team isolated in hostile territory when CIA support is abruptly pulled out. Compounding the situation, an alien spacecraft appears, further complicating their survival and mission objectives.
First publish date: 1979
Genre: Science Fiction/Military Science Fiction
Authors: Jerry Pournelle
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