Blackcollar
 The
legendary blackcollar warriors were the only hope of a conquered
Earth-if they still existed. Military science fiction by a New York
Times best-selling author.
Allen Caine was too young to remember when the
Earth had not been a conquered planet, one of many such in the huge and
sprawling Rygril empire, but he knew of the legendary blackcollars,
guerilla warriors trained to the limit of human speed and skill, then
turned into nearly superhuman combatants by use of the now-lost backlash
drug. Earth and its former colony worlds had been overwhelmed, but
sparks of rebellion still smoldered, and the rebel underground on Earth
had sent Caine on an undercover mission to the former Earth colony of
Plinry, where there was a faint hope that a blackcollar unit still
existed. The underground alone knew of a secret that might be humanity's
ace in the hole. And if a remnant of blackcollar fighters still existed
on Plinry, they were the only hope of playing that ace in a final bid
for the freedom of humanity.
Publisher's Note: This book has appeared in parts
as The Blackcollar and Blackcollar: The Backlash Mission.
This is the first unified appearance of the complete book.
Cover art by David Mattingly
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Hardcover
This is a work of fiction. All the characters and
events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real
people or incidents is purely coincidental.
First printing in this combined format, January 2006
Distributed by Simon & Schuster
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New York, NY 10020
Printed in the United States of America
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ISBN-13: 978-1-4165-0925-7
ISBN-10: 1-4165-0925-9
The Blackcollar copyright © 1983 by Timothy Zahn, Blackcollar: The Backlash Mission copyright 1986 by Timothy Zahn.
All rights reserved, including the right to
reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form.
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