The colony planet of Eighty-Six appears as boring as all its fellow brand-new worlds to veteran journalist Lex Falk. But when an area squabble starts to carefully turn violent, as well as the media strat to get the runaround from the military high control, his interest is usually seriously piqued. Forbidden from approaching the battlezone, he gets himself chipped in the head of the combat veteran – and uncovers the storyplot of an eternity. When the soldier is usually killed, nevertheless, Falk must use all his resourcefulness to obtain safely back home again… and blow the cover off the whole damn point. ‘With a firm grasp of character and a superior capability to convey action (you can almost hear the bullets roaring over head), Abnett delivers a great, readable science fiction novel and earns his evaluations to an SF Bernard Cornwell.” Wertzone