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Hammer’s Slammers

Name: Hammer’s Slammers
Rating: 3.98 (6311 reviews)
Author: David Drake

David Drake April 1, 1979

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From rural cultures and backwater planets Colonel Alois Hammer recruits a group of men and women who become the toughest, most volatile, and most efficient band of mercenaries in the universe

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