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The entire year is 2108, and the United States Earth is exploding at the seams. For welfare rodents like Andrew Grayson, there are just two ways from the crime-ridden and dirty welfare tenements, where you're limited to two thousand calories of poorly tasting soy every single day:You can aspire to win the lottery and attract a ticket on the colony ship deciding off-planet, or you can join the service.With the colony lottery a fantasy, Andrew decides to enlist in the military for a go at actual food, a pension reward, and perhaps a ticket off Planet. But as he begins a lifetime career of intended opportunity, he quickly discovers that the nice food and reasonable healthcare come in a high price…and that the resolved universe keeps much greater hazards than military bureaucrats or even the gangs that rule the slums.The debut book from Marko Kloos, Conditions of Enlistment is just a recent addition to the truly amazing military sci fi convention of Robert Heinlein, Joe Haldeman, and John Scalzi.