Any Good Mercenary Novels?

[MikeGER]

You might want to have a look at the Nick Stone novels by Andy McNab as well.  They're about a former SAS soldier who gets out and then works as a deniable operator for MI-6 on a contract by contract basis.  He really just wants to get on full time so he can get medical and a pension but things always seem to get a little worse for him. They're quite enjoyable and it's interesting how the events in the books predict a lot of real world events.  There are 15 in the series so far.

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i highly recommend
....there are the small things in between the narrative:  for example when he write about weapon, tactics, reece on foot and stalking or getting stalked (especially if you have some tinny experience in some fields too) you really sense that he knows the trade.
it is presumed, that he 'transforms' actions or exercises he lived through in all his SAS years into other settings and times in the NickStone novels  (well, i doesn't matter if you field-improvise zeroing a captured scoped rife in a damp hot environment here or there, if it still a jungle-setting, or how you shaken off a potential follower in the streets of Belfast on foot or some other 'urban environment' today, or how to blend into a crowd as if you belong there,... ) 

his real autobiography is called  ,,Immediate Action" and describes his life before the well known "Bravo Two Zero", both a worthwhile read   

[bob48]

^Good one, Mike. I enjoyed all the Nick Stone books.

[BanzaiCat]

Try the Phule's Company series by Robert Asprin. It's a great read if you don't mind some comedic elements to your mercenary'n.

[bayonetbrant]

I guess the real question is, based on Dogs of War as the starting point, are you looking for ...

... mercenaries of any stripe going about their business?  If so, you're looking for Drake, Pournelle, et al

... mercenaries / combat / stories from post-colonial Africa that have a lot of bush combat, with a heavy mercenary component?  That's Steiner, Spicer, the Africa's Commandos book, et al

[skeptical.platypus]

The Deed of Paksenarrion. This is fantasy, not scifi. But fantastically good as a fantasy story and a tale about being a mercenary.

Of course, The Black Company is probably the definitive fantasy mercenary series.

[skeptical.platypus]

And not to forget the great 'Dorsai' books by Gordon.R.Dickson.

Good grief! I HAD forgotten about the great Dorsai books. Thank you for the reminder.

I know exactly how to punish myself. . .

[bob48]

And not to forget the great 'Dorsai' books by Gordon.R.Dickson.

Good grief! I HAD forgotten about the great Dorsai books. Thank you for the reminder.

I know exactly how to punish myself. . .

You are welcome. Dammit, I quite fancy reading 'em again myself now. Amazon, here I come.......