Ann Wilson 33 min read

Ranger Esteban Tarlac wakes hanging by his wrists, his crash more realistic than planned, captured and on display in the middle of the rebel base, exactly as he did not intend.

Ann Wilson's 1992 novel is a military space opera of infiltration, captivity, and the war between the Terran Empire and its rebels. Tense, character-driven, expansive. Read it for a gripping tale of a Ranger's mission gone wrong deep in enemy territory.

In its time

Published in 1992, during the 1990s, the web age dawns.

Reading it

33 min read (a novelette, room for a turn or two).