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Michael Simon’s First Command opens the gripping Terran Defender series, delivering a hard-hitting military sci-fi tale. The novel tackles themes of duty, courage under pressure, and the complexities of first-time leadership, complete with heart-pounding space battles, political machinations, and interstellar intrigue.

Robert A. Heinlein wrote Starship Troopers in 1959, a landmark military science-fiction novel that shaped the genre. He paints vivid scenes of military life and the gear they wield—especially the powered armor the Mobile Infantry wears—which later writers still draw on. But the book also sparks debate, it ties full citizenship to military service, a stance critics slam as echoing fascist themes.