Phule's Company

Willard J. Phule, the rich son of a millionaire arms manufacturer, reforms a group of misfits in the Space Legion, a fictional organization similar to the French Foreign Legion, into an "elite fighting force".

THE FEW. THE PROUD. THE STUPID. THE INEPT. It was the perfect solution, put highly connected Captain Willard Phule in charge of the worst dregs of the Space Force. Sure, Phule's Company may be a band of rejects and misfits, but they did manage to save the day with their unorthodox methods. Embarrassed, the Space Force may have found the perfect equation for disaster: Assign Phule's pack of oddballs to save the Fat Chance Casino from a criminal take over. Phule's Company may stop the mob... but who will save the casino from them?

What's a millionaire bachelor to do? Join the army-with his butler-of course. Meet Captain Willard Phule and his company of misunderstood misfits. Together, they've taken space by storm-and left a tradition of zaniness and laughter in their wake... Desperate to kick Phule out of the Space Legion, General Blitzkrieg sends a crack team of environmental investigators-including celebrity canine Barky the Environmental Dog-to sniff out Phule and his unnatural disasters. It doesn't take long. Phule is hosting a group of big-game hunters who think they can bag a dinosaur on Zenobia. Needless to say, dinosaurs are not a native species. But cold, hard facts never stopped a Phule... And neither will Barky's cold, wet nose.

From a New York Times bestseller, a commander in charge of a legion of misfit troops must track down his missing butler in this sci-fi comedy. Phule is without a doubt the only captain in the Space Legion with his own butler, but Beeker has stuck with him through thick and thin. Which is why it’s incomprehensible to Phule why Beeker has run off-planet without a word—and with Omega Company’s lovely new medic. Without his right-hand man, Phule has no idea what his left hand is doing. So he takes off after his errant butler, just as General Blitzkrieg decides to make a surprise visit to Zenobia. And the only thing Blitz would like better than catching Phule off guard is to catch Phule AWOL . . . Praise for the Phule’s Company series: “A winning story . . . part science fiction, part spoof, part heart-warmer.” —Publishers Weekly “Madcap . . . a welcome sendup of military sf.” —Booklist “Light without being frivolous, and displays Asprin’s considerable expertise about fencing and things military, especially leadership.” —Chicago Sun-Times “Reminiscent of ‘M*A*S*H.’” —Analog Science Fiction and Fact Magazine

From a New York Times bestseller, a commander of a legion of misfits takes control of an alien planet in this sci-fi comedy. You can't mistake just anyone for a Phule. When the planet Zenobia is invaded, Captain Willard Phule is made their military advisor. The first priority for Phule's Company: staying out from underfoot of the peaceful, dinosaur-like Zenobians . . . But, unbeknownst to the Zenobians, they're getting two Phules for the price of one. A robot double of Phule appears out of nowhere. And only the real Phule knows who the real Phule is . . . Praise for the Phule's Company series: "A winning story . . . part science fiction, part spoof, part heart-warmer." -Publishers Weekly "Madcap . . . a welcome sendup of military sf." -Booklist "Light without being frivolous, and displays Asprin's considerable expertise about fencing and things military, especially leadership." -Chicago Sun-Times "Reminiscent of 'M*A*S*H.'" -Analog Science Fiction and Fact Magazine

From a New York Times bestseller, a commander leads a legion of misfits as they create an amusement park on another planet in this sci-fi comedy. Captain Willard Phule has whipped his troops into shape, turning Phule's Company from the laughingstock of the Legion into . . . a crack team of casino security guards. Now his company is deployed to help an underdeveloped planet. And what better way to utilize their major area of expertise-goofing off-than to turn the planet into the biggest intergalactic playground ever? Praise for the Phule's Company series: "A winning story . . . part science fiction, part spoof, part heart-warmer." -Publishers Weekly "Madcap . . . a welcome sendup of military sf." -Booklist "Light without being frivolous, and displays Asprin's considerable expertise about fencing and things military, especially leadership." -Chicago Sun-Times "Reminiscent of 'M*A*S*H.'" -Analog Science Fiction and Fact Magazine