A Talent for War is not one of the three novels annotated under Jack McDevitt's name in the current (fifth) edition of Ascent of Wonder. According to the editors' criteria for inclusion, this reflects an editorial judgment that the novel is not among McDevitt's most important. However, this novel is the first of a series of six science fiction/mystery novels in the Alex Benedict series and is therefore significant for providing a foundation for the three better-known sequels
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