Lost Dorsai
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Lost Dorsai is a science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...

 novella by Gordon R. Dickson
Gordon R. Dickson
Gordon Rupert Dickson was an American science fiction author.- Biography :Dickson was born in Edmonton, Alberta, in 1923. After the death of his father, he moved with his mother to Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1937...

. It won the Hugo Award for Best Novella
Hugo Award for Best Novella
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 in 1981 and was also nominated for the Nebula Award
Nebula Award
The Nebula Award is given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America , for the best science fiction/fantasy fiction published in the United States during the previous year...

in 1980.

Plot summary

A few highly-skilled mercenaries, the Dorsai, are stuck defending a powerless ruler, whose army has completely revolted. To make matters worse, one of their members, the military band leader, refuses to kill.
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