Jean Johnson has a Ph.D. in Religions and is the great-niece of the late Nunnally Johnson, award-winning screenwriter, director, and producer. Jean lives in the Pacific Northwest with her family. Learn more at 
A Soldier’s Duty by Jean Johnson
Jean Johnson’s A Soldier’s Duty, the first installment in her new science fiction series Theirs Not to Reason Why, is a pretty good book. From the standpoint of a sci-fi enthusiast it brings a lot of the critical elements together, such as extreme technology, alien races, and a space-faring society. In addition, Johnson creates a military backdrop that feels realistic. The result is a better than average novel.
Ia, the main character, is a psychically gifted woman from a heavy-gravity world.
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