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A military Masterpiece
Pat conroy is frighteningly truthful in this must read novel about a boys experience in a tough-life military school and his transition from boyhood to being a man. Will Mclean is the narator and hero of this novel. He expresses all the horrid details, all the touching revelations, all the tear-wrenching loyalties involved in this literary work of art. The book is filled with mystery and feeling as Will Mclean, a cadet at Carolina Military Institute, overcomes challenge after challenge and watches his fellow classmen fall out of the ranks of the school. His survival is based on his instincts, his dedication, his friendship. But all of these come under jeapardy as he is torn between friends, the institute, his dreams of love, and his commitment towards the destruction of a malevolent secret force known as The Ten. One of Pat Conroy's best works. You simply cannot put this down after you open it.

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Powerful novel
Pat Conroy's Lords of Discipline is a powerful, gripping and suspense-filled novel. It is a rewarding read that gives you great insight into the life of a young cadet struggling in his journey from boyhood to manhood. You are exposed to Will McLean's battles against corruption in a Southern military college and his own self-righteousness.
Will McLean arrives in Charleston as an innocent boy who is about to encounter the fight of his life in a quest to be an Institute graduate or a "whole man." Will's own self-righteousness allows him to get involved with the first black freshman during his senior year, putting himself face-to-face with years of unjust tradition and a powerful secret society known as the Ten. Will is physically assaulted, heartbroken, and betrayed in his struggle against corruption at the highest level of the Carolina Military Institute. Will makes a vow to defeat the system and never turn into the people who tortured him, therefore gaining something positive from his stay at CMI.
Once Conroy's gripping plot takes off, the fast pace continues throughout the whole book. You become totally engulfed by Will's story, reading faster and faster to see what will happen next.
The powerful novel is sure to have a strong effect on whoever reads it. I can hardly wait to read another Conroy novel.

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My Favorite Conroy Book
Although both my father and sister prefer Prince of Tides, I think this is Conroy's masterpiece. It tells a compelling story of a boy at the Citadel in Charleston, SC growing up and learning about human nature. This book is full of interesting characters and surprises. I gave this to a (non-reading) friend before he attended the Air Force Academy, and he finished found it fascinating.