| The
                                                              Second in the
                                                              Dorsai Trilogy
                                                               The black-clad
                                                              mercenaries of the
                                                              Friendly planets
                                                              fought where their
                                                              employer and their
                                                              God
                                                              dictated.  On
                                                              New Earth they
                                                              pitted their
                                                              fanaticism against
                                                              the cold courage
                                                              of the Dorsai 
                                                              And the
                                                              implacable hatred
                                                              of one man, Tam
                                                              Olyn.  Olyn
                                                              saw his
                                                              brother-in-law
                                                              shot down before
                                                              his eyes. 
                                                              His quest for
                                                              vengeance took him
                                                              across half the
                                                              civilized worlds,
                                                              to Cassida and
                                                              Frieland, to St
                                                              Marie and back to
                                                              New Earth. 
                                                              He met men of all
                                                              the splinter
                                                              groups into which
                                                              Mankind had
                                                              evolved and he
                                                              used them all to
                                                              bring about his
                                                              revenge - until
                                                              Padma the Exotic
                                                              taught him how to
                                                              use his special
                                                              powers ... and the
                                                              frightening
                                                              knowledge of the
                                                              Final
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