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Soldier, Ask Not

Childe Cycle #3 / 11
by Gordon R. Dickson
Soldier, Ask Not (Childe Cycle #3) by Gordon R. Dickson
★ 5.22 / 9
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Soldier, ask not... and they never did. They were black-clad mercenaries, responsible only to their employer and their God. They coldly executed Tam Olyn's brother-in-law before his eyes.

Olyn's quest for vengeance took him across half of the civilized worlds – to far Cassida, New Earth, bustling Friedland; to the political planet St. Marie – and then back to Old Earth again.

He met men of all the splinter groups into which Mankind had evolved and he used them to further his ends – until Padma the Exotic, and Lisa the Mystic taught him how to use his special powers – and the enormous knowledge of the Final Encyclopedia...

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Release date: 1967

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Gordon R. Dickson

Gordon R. Dickson

Gordon Rupert Dickson (1923–2001) was a Canadian science fiction and fantasy author.

Childe Cycle

Childe Cycle is also known as Dorsai series.

Childe Cycle consists of eleven primary books, and includes two additional books that complement the series but are not considered mandatory reads. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.

Dorsai! (Childe Cycle #1)
★ 6.90 / 10
Necromancer (Childe Cycle #2)
★ 6.34 / 3
Soldier, Ask Not (Childe Cycle #3)
★ 5.22 / 9
Tactics of Mistake (Childe Cycle #4)
★ 6.50 / 10
The Spirit of Dorsai (Childe Cycle #5)
★ 5.00 / 1
Lost Dorsai (Childe Cycle #6)
★ 6.00 / 1
The Final Encyclopedia (Childe Cycle #7)
★ 7.00 / 1
The Chantry Guild (Childe Cycle #8)
Unrated
Young Bleys (Childe Cycle #9)
Unrated
Other (Childe Cycle #10)
Unrated
Antagonist (Childe Cycle #11)
Unrated
The Dorsai Companion (Childe Cycle)
Unrated
Dorsai Spirit (Childe Cycle)
★ 6.00 / 1


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