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A Passage at Arms by Glen Cook

A Passage at Arms

Glen Cook

Night Shade Books · Print & ebook · March 1, 2007

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Who it’s for
A harrowing crew-level view of attrition warfare, where speculative technology meets the stresses of combat.
Themes
Humanity’s losing war of attrition, Combat stress, Speculative technology in warfare
Genres
Military Sci-Fi, Space Opera, War Fiction

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About this book

The ongoing war between Humanity and the Ulat is a battle of attrition that humanity is unfortunately losing. However, humans have the advantage of trans-hyperdrive technology, which allows their climber fleet, under very narrow and strenuous conditions, to pass through space almost undetectable. Passage at Arms tells the intimate, detailed and harrowing story of a climber crew and its captain during a critical juncture of the war.

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Cook combines speculative technology with a canny and realistic portrait of men at war and the stresses they face in combat. Passage at Arms is one of the classic novels of military science fiction.

War in Close Quarters

A harrowing crew-level view of attrition warfare, where speculative technology meets the stresses of combat.

Come here for

  • Military science fiction grounded in combat pressures
  • Technology used under narrow, strenuous conditions

Expect

  • An intimate, detailed portrait of a climber crew and captain
  • A realistic account of men under fire

Where it sits

Military Sci-Fi98%
Space Opera80%
War Fiction36%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Hard Sci-Fi
  • Space Opera
  • Military Sci-Fi
Authors
Glen Cook
Publisher
Night Shade Books
Published
March 1, 2007
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
Humanity’s losing war of attrition · Combat stress · Speculative technology in warfare
Reading lane
Hard Sci-Fi