![]() Revised edition: This edition of Terms of Enlistment includes editorial revisions. I picked up the first book, Terms of Enlistment, wanting something light to read, but wary that it was probably going to be a big ol ripoff of Scalzi. The debut novel from Marko Kloos, Terms of Enlistment is an addition to the great military sci-fi tradition of Robert Heinlein, Joe Haldeman, and John Scalzi. and that the settled galaxy holds far greater dangers than military bureaucrats or the gangs that rule the slums. But as he starts a career of supposed privilege, he soon learns that the good food and decent health care come at a steep price. With the colony lottery a pipe dream, Andrew chooses to enlist in the armed forces for a shot at real food, a retirement bonus, and maybe a ticket off Earth. As the nation hurtles toward rebirth, the two friends, newly empowered, must decide who they want to be, and what they are willing to give up. The last part of the book takes a very different turn away from dystopian Earth and towards a different emerging conflict and a very different role for Grayson. For welfare rats like Andrew Grayson, there are only two ways out of the crime-ridden and filthy welfare tenements: You can hope to win the lottery and draw a ticket on a colony ship settling off-world. The year is 2108, and the North American Commonwealth is bursting at the seams. ![]() ![]() His Frontlines series is a worthy successor to such classics as Starship Troopers, The Forever War, and We All Died at Breakaway Station.” -George R. ![]() ![]() “There is nobody who does better than Marko Kloos. ![]()
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