{"product_id":"lord-of-janissaries-1-9781476780795","title":"Lord of Janissaries, 1","description":"\u003cb\u003eThree best-selling Jerry Pournelle masterpieces in one volume for the first time: \u003ci\u003eJanissaries \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTran. \u003c\/i\u003eA modern soldier is transported by aliens to a world filled with warriors through the ages including medieval knights, Roman soldiers. His task: survival.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eJanissaries\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eSome days it just didn't pay to be a soldier. Captain Rick Galloway and his men had been talked into volunteering for a dangeorus mission--only to be ruthlessly abandoned when faceless CIA higher-ups pulled the plug on the operation. They were cut off in hostile teritory, with local troops and their Cuban advisors rapidly closing in. And then the alien spaceship landed... \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eClan and Crown\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eStorms of Victory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe didn't want to conquer the world. He \u003ci\u003ehad \u003c\/i\u003eto. Captain Rick Galloway, formerly of the US Army, more recently a mercenary commander, was now Lord Rick on the planet Tran. Rescued by an alien spaceship from certain death when a mercenary assignment went sour, he and his men were dropped on a world distant from Earth, but inhabited by humans transplanted in the past from medieval Europe, from Imperial Rome, and from other now-vanished nations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow the time of the Demon Star approaches, whose close approach and fierce heat will render much of Tran uninhabitable. To survive this fiery apocalypse, the warring nations of Tran must be united. Lord Rick doesn't \u003ci\u003ewant\u003c\/i\u003e to conquer the world, but the alternative is certain extinction! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout \u003ci\u003eJanissaries\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the cover... is the clain 'No. 1 Adventure Novel of the Year.' And well it might be. - Milwaukee \u003ci\u003eJournal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Baen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476780795\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 896\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.70d","brand":"Jerry Pournelle, Roland J. Green","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45000478654645,"sku":"9781476780795","price":12.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_b72d3973-a0b3-41ea-bfda-54e45c041953.jpg?v=1736264942","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/lord-of-janissaries-1-9781476780795","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}