Hero — Joel Rosenberg

A HERO'S MOST LETHAL ENEMY -- HIS OWN TERROR

The endless war rages on in the battle-torn world of the planet Nueva Terra, and desperate enemy forces have launched a last-ditch campaign to break the deadlock. For Ari Hanavi, scion of a powerful Metzadan warrior family, this battle will be his proving ground -- his first time in actual combat. Like any other Metzadan soldier, Ari is expected to measure up to the challenge -- or die trying. But the field of battle could reveal his terrible secret: he is a coward. His family knows what they must do. They must send him into the veryheart of the war, to come back a hero -- or never to come back at all.