Janissaries

Captain Rick Galloway and the soldiers he commands were surrounded by hostile enemies when the flying saucer arrived and offered them a way out of certain death. They had to take it. Now they???re on a planet called Tran where they???re expected to oversee the growth and harvest of a marijuana-like plant which their alien ???saviors??? collect and distribute on the black market when it ripens every 600 years. A human woman named Gwen has also been dumped on the planet after her boyfriend, who was working for the aliens, talked her into coming aboard the flying saucer.

Tran is not uninhabited. It is home to several ancient civilizations who were also delivered from Earth to Tran each time the harvest was nearing readiness. Galloway and Gwen, reluctant heroes, must somehow lead the locals to fulfill the aliens??? demands, or they risk being eradicated. This involves gaining power, allying with local ... Read More: http://www.fantasyliterature.com/reviews/janissaries/