The tone and style are similar to Robert Henlein's Starship Troopers or Jerry Pournelle's Co-Dominium. It follows the protagonist, Andrew Grayson, from high-rise slums through book camp, a combat infantry posting, and then out into space. Terms of Enlistment is a newly written but old-school military science fiction novel. Revised edition: This edition of Terms of Enlistment includes editorial revisions. The debut novel from Marko Kloos, Terms of Enlistment is an addition to the great military sci-fi tradition of Robert Heinlein, Joe Haldeman, and John Scalzi. But as he starts a career of supposed privilege, he soon learns that the good food and decent health care come at a steep price.and that the settled galaxy holds far greater dangers than military bureaucrats or the gangs that rule the slums. With the colony lottery a pipe dream, Andrew chooses to enlist in the armed forces for a shot at real food, a retirement bonus, and maybe a ticket off Earth. For welfare rats like Andrew Grayson, there are only two ways out of the crime-ridden and filthy welfare tenements: You can hope to win the lottery and draw a ticket on a colony ship settling off-world.or you can join the service. The year is 2108, and the North American Commonwealth is bursting at the seams. His Frontlines series is a worthy successor to such classics as Starship Troopers, The Forever War, and We All Died at Breakaway Station. “There is nobody who does better than Marko Kloos.
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