(Found) Looking for SF Book

[wizcam]

I at first thought this book had been written by Alan Dean Foster, but a search turned up nothing. the book was about where man on boat in Louisiana breaks an aliens arm by accident, he thought he was just brushing it aside. Later in the book it seems we Humans excel at war and embrace our role in the universe.

 

[Danny McG]

Hello
This is indeed by Alan Dean Foster.
A Call to Arms is the first book in his Damned trilogy

The Damned Trilogy - Wikipedia

 

[wizcam]

Thanks for taking the time to answer. A Call to Arms is Not the book I am looking for however. The book I am looking for centers around the main character. wish I could remember more to help.

 

[Danny McG]

Are you certain of this?

Will Dulaq from Louisiana is anchored in a lagoon when the friendly aliens approach him but he initially thinks they are hostile..
Excerpt from eBook of this story....
It looked powerful and vicious and when it reached for him, Will instinctively knocked the menacing arm aside. He struck quickly and without thinking.
To his surprise the creature let out an incongruously high-pitched yelp and stumbled backward, straightening convulsively and banging its head against the cabin ceiling. It clutched at the wrist Will had swatted. Excerpt ends

From then on they begin a recruitment process using Will because they realise humans are natural fighters

 

[psychotick]

Hi Wiz,

I'm with Danny on this - it sounds exactly like a call to arms.

The man was on a boat - a yacht from memory - when the group of aliens approached him, and his initial reaction was too run. The aliens were amazed by his speed and strength, but then they thought he'd killed himself in his panic by jumping overboard. They didn't realise humans could swim. The man himself when they caught him was told about being recruited to become a soldier in their never ending war and didn't want a bar of it. He wanted to be a writer or an artist of some sort. But the aliens were convinced humans could be the shock troops they needed and they went ahead with their recruitment of humanity - and eventually the man enlisted and was happy as a soldier.

Does none of this sound right? If not can you give us some more please.

Cheers, Greg.

 

[Peter V]

Hello
This is indeed by Alan Dean Foster.
A Call to Arms is the first book in his Damned trilogy

The Damned Trilogy - Wikipedia

I have been trying to remember this title and who it was by for a long time. Nice one dannymcg thank you

 

[wizcam]

I stand corrected sir, you are right. When you posted the excerpt I was convinced. I also did not know there were 3 books.
Thank You Very Much!!!

 

[wizcam]

Just found the trilogy on Amazon in Kindle format and bought it. Now I can read the whole thing.
Thanks Again

 

[Danny McG]

You're welcome.
I enjoyed the first two but, personally, I didn't really get into the finale all that well.

I think ADF moved the story on a bit much and it seemed to break the arc he built up in books 1 and 2.

Maybe just me being a grouch

 

[2DaveWixon]

That just might be it...