Glory Road (novel): Difference between revisions

[[The Hero]], Evelyn Cyril "Easy" Gordon, is a scarred veteran of an unspecified Southeast Asian conflict,{ref>Strongly implied to be the "advisors" phase of [[the Vietnam War]], but Heinlein never came out and said so.</ref> living on his pittance of a military benefit while trying to improve his lot in any honest way he can, only to be repeatedly shot down by either Murphy's Law or the unpleasant realities of the mid-20th Century. Due to an unorthodox upbringing and being an Army brat, he has a number of unusual skills for a man of his time, including swordsmanship. He is ekeingeking out a surprisingly content life on the French Riviera with the few dollars he gets in benefits (living in a tent, eating light, buying day-old newspapers) when an unusual ad in the personals section of the ''Paris Match'' (quoted above) catches his eye. He ignores it, but the advertisement keeps showing up wherever he looks, ending with a clipping mailed anonymously to him. He decides to finally investigate it, if just to find out what the gag is, only to find himself thrust into the middle of a swords-and-sorcery adventure with a beautiful sorceress and a snarky manservant at his side.