This Omni-Trade paperback volume collects the two full-length novels, The Sharp End and Paying the Piper, plus “The Darkness,” a novelette which has not appeared in previous Slammers books.             The Hammers are very flawed and imperfect human beings—but they know their jobs, and they get those jobs done, one way or another. If your nation or your planet is under attack, and you want plaster saints to save the day . . . well, lots of luck, and it’s been nice knowing  you. But if you really want your chestnuts pulled out of the fire, hire Colonel Hammer’s troops. They’ll never win a beauty contest, or even a consolation price for “most congenial,” but they’ll win the war—because they’re the best.
