Project Gutenberg 2009-06-21 Public domain in the USA. 93 Shea, Robert 1933 1994 Shea, Robert Joseph Shea, Robert J. Mutineer Produced from If July 1959. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Mutineer" by Robert Shea is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. The book explores a future dystopian society where man is both the greatest weapon and the most deadly threat. Through the character of Trooper Lane, the narrative engages with themes of power, individuality, and the complex nature of human emotion in the face of increasingly mechanized warfare. In the story, Trooper Lane, a member of an elite military unit known as the Troopers, finds himself at odds with the governing authorities of Newyork after a successful campaign in Chi. Trapped in a tense confrontation while holding a Martian ambassador, Gerri Kin, as a hostage, he grapples with the implications of his actions and the already fractured society around him. As Lane navigates this high-stakes scenario, he realizes that human emotion can disrupt predictable patterns, ultimately leading to a capture of the city’s leadership and a reflection on his desire to transcend being merely a weapon. The novel concludes with Lane expressing a longing for personal agency and humanity, indicating a crucial shift from viewing himself as a soldier to embodying a more individualistic identity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 88.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Animal Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 48920 2025-08-12T06:45:07.392159 text/html 45087 2021-01-05T05:46:35 text/html 128207 2025-08-12T06:45:11.377131 application/epub+zip 127004 2025-08-12T06:45:09.175148 application/epub+zip 126935 2025-08-12T06:45:08.062142 application/epub+zip 241751 2025-08-12T06:45:12.940146 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 135167 2025-08-12T06:45:10.679127 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 115895 2022-09-13T13:59:23.094204 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 42072 2025-08-12T06:45:07.147142 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 41942 2021-01-05T05:46:35 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19012 2025-08-12T06:45:13.098116 application/rdf+xml 9639 2025-08-12T06:45:08.551146 image/jpeg 2529 2025-08-12T06:45:08.311146 image/jpeg 62693 2021-01-05T05:46:35 application/octet-stream application/zip 16262 2021-01-05T05:46:35 application/octet-stream application/zip 126820 2025-08-12T06:45:07.400158 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia