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Bright Star (Magill Book Reviews)

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BRIGHT STAR picks up two years after the close of SWORD POINT with a disillusioned Scott Dixon contemplating retirement from the U.S. Army. Dixon, who won a Medal of Honor in the tripartite war involving the United States, the Soviet Union, and Iran described in SWORD POINT, is unable to come to grips with the post-traumatic shock of that conflict--so much so, that his marriage is on the rocks and his career at a standstill. Dixon is not sure what he wants to do in the future, but he is positive that leading men in combat is definitely out of the running.

Unfortunately, Colonel...

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