A powerful novel of brutal abuse and one cadet's rebellion at a Southern military academy by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Prince of Tides and The Great Santini.

The Lords of Discipline is a novel about coming of age, brotherhood, betrayal, and a man's forging of his own personal code of honor.

Will McLean, a senior on the cadets' honor court, is an outsider by nature: a basketball star at a school that prizes military prowess above athletics, a military man in training who dares to question the escalating Vietnam war. And yet his greatest struggle will be with the corrupt institution of which he is a part.

Rich in humor and suspense, abounding in a rare honesty and generosity of feeling, this novel established Pat Conroy as one of the strongest fictional voices of his generation.