When a planetary government faces threats from guerillas, insurgents or terrorists, the men they hire are Hammer's Slammers - known throughout the galaxy for their cold, ruthless ferocity, their ability to defeat overwhelming forces, and their willingness to go up against impossible odds. Contents: Introduction by Jerry Pournelle STORY: But Loyal to His Own INTERLUDE: Supertanks STORY: The Butcher’s Bill INTERLUDE: The Church of the Lord’s Universe STORY: Under the Hammer INTERLUDE: Powerguns STORY: Cultural Conflict INTERLUDE: Backdrop to Chaos STORY: Caught in the Crossfire INTERLUDE: The Bonding Authority STORY: Hangman INTERLUDE: Table of Organization and Equipment, Hammer’s Regiment STORY: Standing Down

En route to their home planet of Tethys after fighting in the interplanetary wars, Don Slade and his crew face a long and arduous journey and a welcome home fraught with dangers

Col. Alois Hammer's indomitable Slammers are called in to support human colonists against a native uprising in this novel-length adventure. But even though the natives' off-world weapons are no match for the Slammers, their ability to teleport gives them a frightening advantage! Reissue.

Colonel Alois Hammer's indomitable armored brigade attempts to win a two-front war against an overwhelming foreign foe while protecting the existing civilian power structures against the opposition of religious fanatics

The battle-crazed troop of recruits and vets, led by Captain Ranson, must cover three-hundred miles of hostile enemy territory

They were the best. Colonel Alois Hammer: He welded five thousand individual killers into a weapon more deadly than any other in the human universe. Luke Broglie: His brilliant mind could have succeeded in any business; but war was the business he chose. Tess Kuykendall: She knew what her job was, but she also knew what was survivable. Slick Des Grieux: War was his life, and that made him almost too dangerous to live. The collision between different styles of being The Best meant a bloodbath, even by the grim standard of Hammer's Slammers

Gangs ruled Cantilucca. Guns were the only law, and there was no lack of guns. It was hard to imagine matters getting worse. Until the survey team arrived ... Major Matthew Coke was not a squeamish man, but the state of affairs on Cantilucca turned his stomach. He was only human after all. Where some of the rest of his team were concerned, it was difficult to be sure. Five professional mercenaries who'd learned the hard way that in the end they could defeat anything - except their own consciences.

Embarking on a suicide mission that places her at the head of a crew of tough mercenaries and brilliant specialists, Lissea Doorman travels through a cluster of strange worlds that lead to the Lost Colony. Reprint.

THE SAGA OF THE SLAMMERS BEGINS! COLONEL ALOIS HAMMER: He welded five thousand individual killers into a weapon more deadly than any other in the human universe. When a planetary government faces unfriendly natives, guerrilla insurgents, or ruthless terrorists, they do the only thing that might save them—they hire Hammer's Slammers, the toughest, meanest bunch of mercs who ever wrecked a world for pay. Known throughout the galaxy for their cold, ruthless ferocity, the men of Colonel Hammer's indomitable armored brigade routinely accept impossible missions. Again and again, they go up against overwhelming forces, or fight a two-front war against ferocious opposition, all without atomizing their civilian employers. Can they keep doing it Not if they abide by the rules of civilized warfare...but nobody ever said the Hammers were nice. Even when their chances are not good—those who oppose them have no chance at all!

Lt. Arne Huber, a member of Hammer's Slammers, and his fellow mercenaries head for Plattner's World, a planet torn apart by civil war, as they struggle to deal with government officials with hidden, private agendas, street thugs, and a hostile division of powerful tanks. Reprint.