Series
Falkenberg's Legion
Jerry Pournelle & S. M. Stirling · 6 novels · 2 novellas · 3 novelettes · 1971–1993
Falkenberg's Legion collects Jerry Pournelle's military science-fiction novels — later joined by co-author S. M. Stirling — following mercenary commander Falkenberg across Pournelle's CoDominium future history. The books, including Falkenberg's Legion, Prince of Mercenaries, Go Tell the Spartans, and Prince of Sparta, were themselves later combined into the omnibus The Prince.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
- Omnibus editions(2 editions)
Map
Falkenberg's Legion at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 1970s7
- 1980s1
- 1990s3
Shape
6 novels · 2 novellas · 3 novelettes
2 authors
reads like:science fictionwarother star systemsfar futuretenseadult
Mood
Grim and intense: 55% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book11 of 11 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- West of Honordarkest · calmest
- The Mercenarybrightest
- Silent Legesmost intense