cyberteque:
AWOL:
that quote is from an H. Beam Piper novel, a couple actually!
That's odd, because not only have I never heard of the author, I've obviously never read any of their work.
Holy Crap!
WTF!
H. beam Piper was THE cornerstone of Del!
Lots of Piper available free for download.
There's more. Maybe some at the Baen free library, or maybe at Tor.