Grimmer Than Hell

In a collection of tales by the author of The Sharp End, Lacey oversees the police of a future world in which there is no personal privacy, the peace of the galaxy is maintained by the Fleet at an extremely high price, and more. The title isn't a joke, this collection of short stories by the master author David Drake delves into the dark side of humanity, government, total loss of privacy, combat and many other grim subjects. Is it worth reading? If it is written by David Drake...you betcha. Fourteen military-oriented science fiction stories follow the Fleet, a special operations company involved in a war against aliens