Project Gutenberg 2010-03-06 Public domain in the USA. 158 Smith, George H. (George Henry) 1922 1996 Smith, George Henry Smith, Jan Narakan Rifles, About Face! Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Narakan Rifles, About Face!" by Jan Smith is a science fiction novel written during the mid-20th century. Set on the harsh, swampy planet of Naraka, the story revolves around the struggles of both Terran and indigenous Narakan forces in the face of an aggressive enemy known as the Rumi. The book likely explores themes of duty, cultural misunderstandings in military contexts, and the dynamic between the colonizers and the natives. The narrative centers on Lieutenant Terrence O'Mara, who has been tasked with training the Narakan Rifles, an army composed of the native amphibian-like Narakans. O'Mara faces immense challenges as he encounters the inadequacies of his troops, formed under the weight of historical oppression from the Rumi. As tensions escalate and the Rumi launch an assault on their territory, O'Mara and his men must come together, pushing against their own limitations, to defend both their home and the lives of several civilian orphans left behind. The story blends intense combat with personal growth, humor, and the forging of unlikely bonds, leading O'Mara to discover his deeper motivations and capacity for leadership amidst chaos and adversity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Soldiers -- Fiction Life on other planets -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 92735 92744 2024-09-13T10:05:05.522625 2023-09-14T04:32:47.247820 text/html text/html 89099 2010-03-06T08:59:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 151594 2010-03-06T08:59:20 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 197617 2024-09-13T10:05:09.102582 application/epub+zip 198461 2024-09-13T10:05:06.787594 application/epub+zip 90261 2024-09-13T10:05:06.011576 application/epub+zip 296253 2024-09-13T10:05:10.942590 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 286603 2024-09-13T10:05:08.577711 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 179471 2022-09-14T12:16:16.637882 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 84443 84340 2024-09-13T10:05:05.241617 2023-09-14T04:32:46.994731 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 84267 2010-03-06T08:59:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 32246 2010-03-06T08:59:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18660 2024-09-13T10:05:11.079553 application/rdf+xml 14475 2024-09-13T10:05:06.349571 image/jpeg 3896 2024-09-13T10:05:06.178576 image/jpeg 216300 2024-09-13T10:05:05.553791 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