First Casualty
By (Author) Mike Moscoe
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Penguin Putnam Inc
Ace Books
1st January 1999
United States
General
Fiction
FIC
Paperback
336
Width 110mm, Height 172mm, Spine 24mm
166g
FOUR SOLDIERS. ONE WAR. Asteroid miner Mary Rodrigo and freighter owner Mattim Abeeb are green draftees of the Society of Humanity, forced to fight for Earth-a planet they've never even seen. Major Ray Longknife and his lover, Senior Pilot Rita Nuu, are career soldiers, invested with the cause of the Unity Party-and its ambitious new president. These four soldiers on opposing sides of the battle are about to discover the true nature of this terrible war- a quest for profit-from the high command of both sides. What they will risk is nothing less than their lives. For although truth may be the first casualty of war, it's not going to be the last...
Moscoe delivers the goods.Steve Perry, New York Times bestselling author
A lot of funa refreshing change from the standard good guy/bad guy divisions in military SF.Jack McDevitt, National Bestselling Author
Space scientists talking about science fiction often disparage the way space battles are depicted. Moscoe wont be a target for any of those attacks: hes got it downI finished the novel wanting more.LRC Publications On-Line Reviews
Good escapist fare.Locus
Mike Moscoe is a full-time writer who lives in the Pacific Northwest. As "Mike Shepherd", he has written the very popular Kris Longknife military science fiction adventures.