An anthology collection of science fiction stories, featuring warriors and heroes. The best military science fiction isn’t just a bunch of space battles and cigar-chomping armed combat (although those are fun). The most interesting stories also examine what life in the military actually involves, and what combat can do to a person’s mind. The conflict, the tactics and weapons used for it, and the role of a military service and the individual members of that military organization form the basis for exciting stories of military science fiction. Contents: * Introduction (Robert Adams' Book of Soldiers) • essay by Robert Adams * Clash by Night [Keeps • 1] (1943) / novella by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lawrence O'Donnell] * Among Thieves (1957) / novelette by Poul Anderson * Despoilers of the Golden Empire (1959) / novelette by Randall Garrett * Down Styphon! [Kalvan] (1965) / novelette by H. Beam Piper * Three Soldiers (1978) / novelette by D. C. Poyer * Dragons' Teeth (1975) / novelette by David Drake * Cold Light [Kane] (1973) / novella by Karl Edward Wagner * A Difficult Undertaking [Videssos] (1986) / novelette by Harry Turtledove * Passage to Dilfar [Dilvish] (1965) / short story by Roger Zelazny * Night on Mispec Moor [State/Leshy Circuit] (1974) / short story by Larry Niven * Warrior [Childe Cycle] (1965) / short story by Gordon R. Dickson .