Project Gutenberg 2009-06-21 Public domain in the USA. 64 Shea, Robert 1933 1994 Shea, Robert Joseph Shea, Robert J. Mutineer Reading ease score: 88.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Mutineer" by Robert Shea is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. The book explores a future dystopian society where man is both the greatest weapon and the most deadly threat. Through the character of Trooper Lane, the narrative engages with themes of power, individuality, and the complex nature of human emotion in the face of increasingly mechanized warfare. In the story, Trooper Lane, a member of an elite military unit known as the Troopers, finds himself at odds with the governing authorities of Newyork after a successful campaign in Chi. Trapped in a tense confrontation while holding a Martian ambassador, Gerri Kin, as a hostage, he grapples with the implications of his actions and the already fractured society around him. As Lane navigates this high-stakes scenario, he realizes that human emotion can disrupt predictable patterns, ultimately leading to a capture of the city’s leadership and a reflection on his desire to transcend being merely a weapon. The novel concludes with Lane expressing a longing for personal agency and humanity, indicating a crucial shift from viewing himself as a soldier to embodying a more individualistic identity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Animal Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 48797 48798 2024-10-12T14:23:33.058996 2023-09-13T05:37:55.649535 text/html text/html 45087 2021-01-05T05:46:35 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 62693 2021-01-05T05:46:35 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 128137 2024-10-12T14:23:37.577956 application/epub+zip 127012 2024-10-12T14:23:35.168967 application/epub+zip 126943 2024-10-12T14:23:33.779994 application/epub+zip 241761 2024-10-12T14:23:39.325004 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 135167 2024-10-12T14:23:36.803982 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 115895 2022-09-13T13:59:23.094204 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 42072 41971 2024-10-12T14:23:32.667488 2023-09-13T05:37:55.455533 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 41942 2021-01-05T05:46:35 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16262 2021-01-05T05:46:35 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20331 2024-10-12T14:23:39.457956 application/rdf+xml 9639 2024-10-12T14:23:34.334998 image/jpeg 2529 2024-10-12T14:23:34.045990 image/jpeg 126787 2024-10-12T14:23:33.067994 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia