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The two genres may be closely linked, but there aren't many writers who can boast series in both the fantasy and science fiction genres. Dragons and star fighters may both have wings and both breathe fire, of a fashion, but most authors write about one or the other. Anne McCaffrey's [[''Brain Ships]] '' books mark her out as an exception and, with a [[Dragonmaster]] series behind him before this, the first in a ''Last Legion'' quartet, so is Chris Bunch.
Njangu Yoshitaro is a small-time criminal who is captured going about his work and given a chance to join the Army as an alternative to jail. Garvin Jaansma is a young man who to seems sign up on impulse. Petr Kipchak is a former soldier who preferred being in the Army to being out of it and so has re-enlisted.