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** From David Drake's website: "There were other interesting things about Allen. While unquestionably violent, neither he nor the violent men under his command killed anybody. That's really remarkable. Taking Allen as a model, I wrote a book in which nobody is killed (which a lot of people will find remarkable also)."

** In the book the Ethan Allen character was described as the type of person who could charge into machine gun fire and survive. This made him dangerous to be around, because the people around him would still get slaughtered.

"Like the Mars Diamond is a type. It's just that all the others aren't flawless and weigh 32 pounds."}}

** The [[Crowning Moment of Funny]] in ''Patriots'' is when the [[Expy]] of Benedict Arnold is tricked into running into a room ... and falling into a '''deep''' pit toilet. After he's fished out, a recording of all this will be used to blackmail him into not betraying the main characters.

There was a loud plop. A brown geyser spouted above the floor and sank back.}}

* ''[[The Books Of The Elements]]'': Ancient Rome [[Recycled in Space|With Magic]]!