In a future world where the only options for welfare rats like Andrew Grayson are winning the off-world lottery or joining the military, Andrew chooses the latter. But as he enjoys the privileges of serving, he discovers the high cost and danger of the settled galactic world. Marko Kloos' debut military sci-fi novel, Terms of Enlistment, explores the struggles of a welfare kid in a congested North American Commonwealth and takes inspiration from sci-fi legends like Heinlein and Scalzi.