Baen, New York, 1985, 1st pr.  ISBN 0-671-55978-8.  MMPB, 288 pages including Afterword.  Wraps have some edge and cover wear, light corner creases, reading creases on spine; binding tight but slightly cocked.  Interior clean and unmarked with lightly tanned pages.  ‘George Griffiths. He entered the minds of the Slammers’ prisoners – a job that wasn’t half as dirty as what came after.  Esa Mboya. Duty was all that gave his life meaning; he intended to do it – even if his brother was one of the corpses he left behind.  Profile Bourne. He didn’t like killing that much; it was just that there was nothing he liked more.  Enzo Hawker. Reprieved from execution for slaughtering some of Hammer’s nastier allies, he become the personal aide of a local general who meant to bring peace to his planet – at any price.  They all had one thing in common – they would do what they were hired to do, no matter what it cost those at the muzzle-ends of their guns…’ (from rear wrap)