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Also by Michael Z. Williamson:

Battle Luna, June 2021
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Battle Luna, July 2020
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Better to Beg Forgiveness . . . (Freehold), November 2007
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Better to Beg Forgiveness . . . (Freehold)
Michael Z. Williamson

Baen
November 2007
On Sale: November 6, 2007
448 pages
ISBN: 1416555080
Hardcover
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Celadon, a poor nation on a poor planet, engaged in civil war and a haven for every type of villainy in space, is ripe for cleanup. The military could pacify it handily, but it would take a statesman to fix it.

But some statesmen have ethics, which politicians and megacorps find inconvenient. President Bishwanath compounded the sin by being astute, ambitious and capable. Something had to be done, because a working nation isn't much use for pork and graft.

When the word comes down that he is dead, the politicians move on with a new plan, re-allocating resources, and finding a new, more pliable president to put in place.

There are three problems with this solution. Bishwanath is not dead. His mercenary bodyguards are more loyal than the politicians. And if they're not on contract, there are no rules.

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