The Disinherited

Steve White

Baen, 1993 - Fiction - 266 pages

THE GALAXY IS A BAD NEIGHBORHOOD AT THREE A.M....The U.S. Space Force was in big trouble. Not from the Russians-we'd whipped them years ago, and not from the Japanese; they had quite wisely decided against mounting a serious military presence in space. Even the Chinese weren't a threat for the near term. No, the threat wasn't external at all. The United States itself was turning inward, forgetful of the heritage that had made it great. Soon the Space Force would be called entirely back to Earth, and there would be nothing American in space save for the comsats that had started it all so long ago.That's when the aliens arrived. Though themselves entirely human, handsome as gods and pacifist to a fault, they bore bad tidings. Following on behind were creatures of an entirely different nature: warlike, ugly as toads, and with nothing but military conquest on their hive mind. Suddenly the United States Space Force had something even worse to worry about than going out of business....

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Review: The Disinherited (The Disinherited #1)

User Review  - Anthony Chitwood - Goodreads

A good book, but obviously an early effort. His later seem to cover more ground more thoroughly and don't leave you wondering what happened in places. Overall a very entertaining book that left me wanting more. Gladly I am off to read the sequel.

About the author

White was an officer in Naval Intelligence, and served in the Mediterranean and the Vietnam War Zone.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Disinherited
• Author: Steve White
• Contributors: Baen Publishing Enterprises, Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress)
• Edition: reissue
• Publisher: Baen, 1993
• ISBN: 0671721941, 9780671721947
• Length: 266 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Science Fiction / General; Fiction / Science Fiction / Space Opera