Radiant Hardcover – August 1, 2004 by James Alan Gardner
Book 7 of 7: League of Peoples
 
Admiral Festina Ramos and the Expendables, an expertly trained scout group from the elite Explorer Corps, battle a highly advanced alien intelligence during a mission that leads them to the secret origins of the Explorer Corps and Festina's own destiny. By the author of Trapped and Commitment Hour.
 
From Publishers Weekly
With this Buddhist-tinged military SF novel featuring Admiral Festina Ramos and the Expendables (skilled, dispensable scouts), Aurora Award–winning Canadian author Gardner (Expendable, etc.) makes a well-earned leap from paperback to hardcover. Explorer Third Class Youn Suu, a scout for the elite Explorer Corps, and her partner Tut set out to rescue the Cashlings from the Balrog, an alien intelligence capable of knowing its enemy's best-laid plans. Accompanied by Admiral Ramos, Youn and Tut travel to an eerie planet that holds the answer to the mystery of the hidden origins of the Explorers. Filled with believably flawed, emotionally involving characters, this entertaining novel of brawn and brains thoughtfully explores questions of honor, culpability and the price of survival.
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