This is the third book in the series that began with
March Upcountry. To recap, Prince Roger MacClintock is the
Heir Tertius to the throne of the Empire of Man, which is your typical
garden-variety interstellar empire. Thanks to a botched attempt on his
life, he and the company of Imperial Marines who form his bodyguard are
stranded on a low-tech backwater planet. The local food doesn’t supply
sufficient nutrition, the jungles are rife with really nasty creatures,
and though the locals have four arms and are covered with a coating of
slime, they are a lot like humans–dangerous as all get out. Some how,
Roger and his troops are going to have to fight their way half-way around
the planet to the single starport. And when they get there, they are
going to have to capture the starport, because the Imperial Governor is
collaborating with the Empire’s enemies. And then they are going to have
to capture a ship.

The marines are going to have their hands full, because Roger is pretty
much a useless fop.

At least, he starts out that way…

What follows is a saga of personal growth chock-full of military-SF
goodness, and it’s really pretty good if that’s your cup of tea. As the
name implies, this is the book in which Roger and company finally get to
the starport, but if you think that’s the end of the story you’re gravely
mistaken.

I don’t know what the name of the next book is, but I’ll surely buy it
when it comes out in paperback.