In the military of the future, however, there are far more applicants than billets, and most don't make it to the end of their enlistment to collect their pay. The "North American Commonwealth" is apparently an overpopulated continent-sized slum, and the only way out for most is the military. And Terms of Enlistment, while it did not blow me away, also did not disappoint.Īndrew Grayson is a rather flatter and seedier version of Starship Troopers' protagonist Johnny Rico. So I tried a self-published SF novel, albeit one that has picked up enough of a fanbase to make it seem a likely prospect. The debut novel from Marko Kloos, Terms of Enlistment is a new addition to the great military sci-fi tradition of Robert Heinlein, Joe Haldeman, and John Scalzi.
But as he starts a career of supposed privilege, he soon learns that the good food and decent health care come at a steep price - and that the settled galaxy holds far greater dangers than military bureaucrats or the gangs that rule the slums. With the colony lottery a pipe dream, Andrew chooses to enlist in the armed forces for a shot at real food, a retirement bonus, and maybe a ticket off Earth. You can hope to win the lottery and draw a ticket on a colony ship settling off-world, or you can join the service. For welfare rats like Andrew Grayson, there are only two ways out of the crime-ridden and filthy welfare tenements, where you're restricted to 2,000 calories of badly flavored soy every day. The debut novel from Marko Kloos, Terms of Enlistment is an addition to the great military sci-fi tradition of Robert Heinlein, Joe Haldeman, and John Scalzi.The year is 2108, and the North American Commonwealth is bursting at the seams. and that the settled galaxy holds far greater dangers than military bureaucrats or the gangs that rule the slums.
But as he starts a career of supposed privilege, he soon learns that the good food and decent health care come at a steep price. For welfare rats like Andrew Grayson, there are only two ways out of the crime-ridden and filthy welfare tenements: You can hope to win the lottery and draw a ticket on a colony ship settling off-world. The year is 2108, and the North American Commonwealth is bursting at the seams. His Frontlines series is a worthy successor to such classics as Starship Troopers, The Forever War, and We All Died at Breakaway Station." -George R.
"There is nobody who does military SF] better than Marko Kloos.
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