Peace Company

Peace Company #1

by Roland J. Green

A courageous group of men, women, and aliens travel to the most remote parts of the galaxy to seek out new civilizations and maintain peace

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction

224 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published September 1, 1985

About the author

Roland James Green is an American science fiction and fantasy writer and editor. He has written as Roland Green and Roland J. Green; and had 28 books in the Richard Blade series published under the pen name 'Jeffrey Lord'.

Reviews

[Craig · Rating 3 out of 5]

Peace Company is the first of three books in the Peace Company series. It's an interstellar military sf story about a group of soldiers (they're not really mercenaries, despite the cover blurb) who enforce the peace by extremely violent means. Interesting settings and characters, just slightly on the too-much-talk, not-enough-action side. Fast, fun read with a nice Luis Royo cover.

[Little Timmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good SiFi military novel. Good strong plot and nice characters. Recommended

[Simon Thornley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Decent enough military/action SF. I may look out for later ones in the series. I'm not sure why the front cover blurb refers to "mercenaries" though!

[Man Vs Pixels · Rating 2 out of 5]

Unremarkable military SF. Nothing really to recommend it.

[Rogue-van (the Bookman) · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought that the idea of having Peace Forcers come to help the little guy against the big guy was my kind of book. What hope do fishermen have against rancher militia? A macho sergeant major to the rescue. Yea. A villainous Game Master stirring up trouble. Ah. Good stuff.

Unfortunately, the likeable Sergeant Major John B. Parks is not enough to perk up the story. For me, it had too much talk and not enough action. However, I am the guy who used to tell a literature professor that there was nothing wrong with a Charles Dickens novel that editing out 300 pages couldn't fix. (Actually, I wouldn't shorten them by much today.)

For those who like a little descriptive immorality, Green spices it up a little. Again, not for me. But it did have enough appeal for me to go on to Peace Company #2: These Green Foreign Hills. So if the Peace Company is your kind of outfit, read both this story and the next, which I liked better.

[colleen · Rating 3 out of 5]

read 09.14.85
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[SciFiOne · Rating 4 out of 5]

1985 grade B-

Series book PC1