Patriots
By: David Drake
Publisher: Baen
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Riverdale, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9781476781914; 9781439132920
Subjects: Space warfare; Imaginary wars and battles; Brothers and sisters; Fiction
Description: "The corrupt Earth government is sending an army to Greenwood to remove the pioneers who discovered and settled the planet: the potential profits are too great to leave the world to scraggly ne'er-do-wells! Though the rugged individualists of Greenwood may be fractious and disinclined to agree on most things, the greedy politicians of Earth will learn a harsh lesson if they think the settlers won't join together to save their livelihoods and homes! Under Yerby Bannock, who never walked away from a drink or a fight, the Greenwood patriots will face thugs in the night, lawyers in a distant court, traitors in their own ranks. And, if they have to, a fortress built to shrug off the assault of a battlefleet!"--Publisher's description.
Notes: Originally published: New York: Tor, 1996.