The Profession

This stand-alone novel by the author Steven Pressfield is in my opinion a fantastic futurity story. Story-telling is of a superb quality from the author, and all the characters come splendidly to life within this tale of war, politics, greed and loyalty. Also is this story very well written and is the......more

Set about 20 years into the future, this novel depicts a changed world, where privately funded mercenary armies take the place of national armed forces for handling certain types of conflicts. The author presents some nice imagery that reconciles the climactic ending with the novel’s introductory pa......more

Steven Pressfield gathered acclaim for his novel Gates of Fire (among other works). There, he tells the militaristic tale of the 300 Spartans at Thermopylae. In The Profession: A Thriller, Pressfield hits fast forward to the near future. It's still a mess of oil, sand, Islam, and mass media. His twi......more

In a near-future world where governments have outsourced war to a wide-flung network of military contractors, a mercenary with an uncanny connection to warriors of the past finds himself caught up in a former mentor's plans to become a modern emperor. The Profession is fast-paced, scarily well-though......more

It is the year 2032, employing elite military mercenaries is how the powerful (oil companies, governments, mega corporations and financial institutions) stay in power. The mercenary armies are a well oiled team made for keeping power. The Profession is what happens when just such a mercenary army le......more