This omnibus collects all the John Christian Falkenberg novels. It consists of:
- Falkenberg’s Legion
- Prince of Mercenaries
- Go Tell the Spartans
- Prince of Sparta
The story ranges from the fall of the CoDominium to the rise of Sparta and the First Empire of Man that replaces it. However the macro story takes a backseat to the battles.
This is solid military SciFi. However, the fact that the first two novels are in fact lashups of earlier works set to a common frame gives the whole story a somewhat disjointed feel. The individual episodes are good though, and so are the characters. Interestingly, these novels are set in the same universe as The Mote in God’s Eye, but centuries earlier.
One Reply to “The Prince – Jerry Pournelle & S.M. Stirling”