West of Honor Author:Jerry Pournelle Sooner or later, all civilizations age and decline, grow senile and die -- either by conquest from without, or from internal rot. The final days of Western Civilization are signaled by the joining of the USA and the USSR into a ruthless and imperial state that spans first the Earth and then the Solar System. But, because it fails to hold the loy... more »alty of its soldiers, it falters at the stars.
As well as carrying the CoDominium Future History into the galactic period, West of Honor introduces Jerry Pournelle's most important and influential character, John Christian Falkenberg.
"A military novel of the future as it ought to be told -- by a man who knows not just the military and the future but the great art of storytelling." --Gordon R. Dickson
It was meant to be paradise - a haven for those who could no longer bear the complicated turmoil of Earth. And Arrarat was just that - until authorities on Earth turned it into a penal colony. Now its agricultural communities are suddenly threatened by gangs of convicts and the peaceful colony is in shambles. Military academy was Hal Slater's escape. Now he finds himself on Arrarat, an inexperienced junior officer, committed to restoring peace through more violence.« less