Dorsai Spirit

Here, two cornerstone novels of Dickson's acclaimed Childe Cycle return to print in an omnibus edition, with an insightful introduction by David Drake.

Throughout humanity’s Fourteen Worlds, no group is as feared and respected as the Dorsai. The ultimate warriors, they are known for their deadly rages, and ferocious independence—and unbending honor. No one man rules the Dorsai, but their mastery of the arts of war has made them the most valuable mercenaries in the human universe.

Dorsai! is the saga of Donal Graeme, the uniquely talented Dorsai who possesses powers beyond those of ordinary men. Once Donal ventures to the stars, the world of the Dorsai will be changed forever. And The Spirit of Dorsai, written some two decades later, is Dickson’s great novel of the women of the Dorsai. We find that the warrior spirit of the Dorsai does not, and cannot, reside solely in the men of that race—for when the mercenary Dorsai go to their wars, it is their women who defend the home planet from the predators of the universe. Throughout three generations, the unconquerable Amanda Morgan has embodied this feminine warrior spirit. She is, in a way, much more than one lone woman—she is the very spirit of the Dorsai.