In my experience, the situations surrounding the tough decisions soldiers make when lives swing in the balance are never black and white. Second, because the story is told from the perspective of a junior officer (and perhaps for dramatic reasons), the portrayal of the commanding officer is annoyingly two-dimensional. I think Hemry must have realized this because he did a much better job of imagining a space tradition in the Lost Fleet Series. First, the wholesale application of US Naval tradition to a future space force is somewhat disconcerting as it gives the novel a bit of a split personality. The story also reminds me of the sad tale of the USS Vincennes, whose crew shot down an Iranian airliner full of civilians. It's sort of a 'Caine Mutiny' in space, but without the mutiny. This is the story of a young military officer (the fact that the setting is in space is totally irrelevant to the story) who ponders the meaning of leadership when his commanding officer errs in the use of deadly force. I should say up front, I'm a fan of John Hemry's novels, especially the Lost Fleet Series. Publishers use these marks when books are returned to them.Leadership is leadership, regardless of setting. Remainder Mark - A remainder mark is usually a small black line or dot written with a felt tip pen or Sharpie on the top, bottom, side page edges and sometimes on the UPC symbol on the back of the book.If excessively worn, they will be marked as 'tray worn.' Flat trays for SPI games are not graded, and have the usual problems.If excessively worn, they will be marked as 'card worn.' The cardboard backing of miniature packs is not graded.In most cases, boxed games and box sets do not come with dice.Due to the nature of loose counters, if a game is unplayable it may be returned for a refund of the purchase price. Boardgame counters are punched, unless noted.Major defects and/or missing components are noted separately.Example, EX+ is an item between Excellent and Near Mint condition.

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A Just Determination by John G. Hemry