DAVID WEBER

This fast-paced sequel to "March Upcountry" continues the odyssey of men and women caught in a struggle for survival and determined to maintain their courage and humour in the face of overwhelming odds.

Prince Roger MacClintock, Heir to the Throne of Man, was a spoiled rotten arrogant, thoroughly useless young pain in the butt. But that was before the royal Brat and his Marine bodyguards had their starship sabotaged, and all were marooned on the enemy-occupied planet of Marduk. Before they had to march half way around the entire planet, through...