ISBN10: 0722129726, ISBN13: 9780722129722, [publisher: Sphere] Softcover © 1960: 1st in the 'Childe Cycle' series of books. 8th printing of 1975 edition. Originally published under this title in Astounding Science Fiction as a 3 part serialization during 1959. Then published under the title 'The Genetic General' in 1960. This edition restored text from the 1959 version and may represent a true 3rd revision. Sometimes identified as "3rd in the 'Dorsai Trilogy'", but considered to be the 1st in the 'Childe Cycle' around which following novels and short stories centre:- Synopsis: Donal Graeme set out to re-shape the galaxy, but first he must tear it apart. Donal Graeme, Dorsai of the Dorsai, was the final link in a long genetic train, the ultimate soldier, whose breadth of vision made him a master of space war and strategy - and something even greater. He was the focus of centuries of evolution, the culmination of planned development, and through him a new force made itself felt. The Dorsai were renowned throughout the galaxy as the finest soldiers ever born, trained from birth to fight and win, no matter what the odds. With Donal at their head they embarked upon the final, impossible venture: they set out to unify the splintered worlds of Mankind:- Review(s): "Explosive" - Judith Merril:- (original cost £1.50).
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