Synopsis of "Jethro First to Fight", second book of "Wandering Engineer Jethro's Tale" by Chris Hechtl: First to Fight, one of the motto's of the marine corps carried over to the Federation Marines from long ago. To those not blooded in combat, it was just that, a motto. They were eager for war, despite the cost. But what kind of war? A war they can't fight? Filled with political intrigue and corruption in Pyrax? A war to train their own troops and expand? A war to survive and live free? Free of the Horathians? To protect those that need protection, even when some undermine you at every turn?
But for Jethro, it is also a war within himself. A war going on he can hardly see, and a war with his own superiors to find out the truth.
As Sun Tzu said:
"It is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you will not be imperiled in a hundred battles; if you do not know your enemies but do know yourself, you will win one and lose one; if you do not know your enemies nor yourself, you will be imperiled in every single battle."
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