Item specifics Condition: Good Seller Notes: “Normal age deterioration and discoloration” ISBN-10: 0441382886 Language: English ISBN-13: 9780441382880 Subject: Science Fiction Author: Jerry Pournelle Topic: War Format: Mass Market Paperback Special Attributes: Illustrated Publication Year: 1981 Country/Region of Manufacture: United States Dimensions Weight 12 Oz Height 1 In. Width 7 In. Length 5 In JANAISSARIES The newest novel by the co-author of "Lucifer's Hammer" Jerry Pournelle Janissaries is a novel by science fiction author Jerry Pournelle. It was originally published in 1979, and was illustrated by comic artist Bermejo. The novel is the first book of Pournelle's Janissaries series. The following books are Janissaries II: Clan and Crown and Janissaries III: Storms of Victory. Like King David's Spaceship, a novel in Pournelle's CoDominium Series, it is the story of a capable military leader undertaking campaigns on a backward planet. In Janissaries, the leader is a United States Army officer from the Cold War period, Captain Rick Galloway, who along with his platoon-sized unit of soldiers primarily from the U.S. are abducted from a CIA-run operation against Cubans in the fictional tropical African country of Sainte-Marie by a flying saucer. The beings abducting them present themselves as rescuers from a hopeless situation where Galloway's unit is about to be overrun by Cubans in a night assault, the aftermath of which is expected to be the deaths of all. Afterwards, the human soldiers have the option of serving the aliens in a special situation involving a more primitive planet on which there are humans living in medieval conditions. The soldiers are expected to be able to use their superior weapons and tactics to conquer part of the planet. Jerry Pournelle Born August 7, 1933 (age 80) Shreveport, Louisiana Pen name "Wade Curtis" (early work) Occupation Novelist, Journalist, Essayist Nationality American Genres Science fiction Jerry Eugene Pournelle (born August 7, 1933) is an American science fiction writer, essayist and journalist who contributed for many years to the computer magazine Byte. Pournelle served as President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America in 1973.

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