Mercenary (novel)

Mercenary is a novel by Piers Anthony published in 1984.

Plot summary

Mercenary is a novel in which Hope Hubris joins the Jovian Navy and becomes part of their task force to eliminate space piracy.^[1]

Reception

Dave Langford reviewed Mercenary for White Dwarf #69, and stated that "Parts of this are quite sensible, but are balanced by dottiness like the space-battle which – for reasons known only to Anthony – echoes the Mongol invasion of Hungary so faithfully as to neglect the fact that space has three dimensions... Amusing nonsense, but definitely nonsense."^[1]

Reviews

Review by Mary S. Weinkauf (1984) in Fantasy Review, August 1984^[2]
Review by Andy Sawyer (1985) in Paperback Inferno, #55

References

^ ^a ^b Langford, Dave (September 1985). "Critical Mass". White Dwarf. No. 69. Games Workshop. p. 16.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
^ https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?5284

[WD69-1] Langford, Dave (September 1985). "Critical Mass". White Dwarf. No. 69. Games Workshop. p. 16.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: year (link)

[2] ttps://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?5284

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