This novel shares many elements with Robert Heinlein's STARSHIP TROOPERS. There's a young, naive teen-ager who learns the lessons that life is not always fair... And then there are the bullfights, and the sharks, and getting shanghaied into somebody's army when he wasn't looking, and...
From back cover: The universe is not interested in fair play. The universe is interested in survival. That is lesson number one aboard the giant advanced-training ship called 'Starschool.' Those who fail to learn lesson one very rarely have cause to worry baout what comes next...
From back cover: The universe is not interested in fair play. The universe is interested in survival. That is lesson number one aboard the giant advanced-training ship called 'Starschool.' Those who fail to learn lesson one very rarely have cause to worry baout what comes next...
