Soldier of Fortune

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"Soldier of Fortune" is another term for a mercenary or adventurer. It may also refer to:

• Soldier of Fortune (magazine), a publication purportedly aimed at mercenaries
• A video game series:
  • Soldier of Fortune (video game), based on the magazine
  • Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix, sequel
  • Soldier of Fortune: Payback
• Soldier of Fortune, Inc., a 1997-1998 television show (later renamed Special Ops Force)
• The Chaos Engine, a 1993 top-down action game, sold as Soldiers of Fortune in the USA
• Soldier of Fortune (film), a 1955 film starring Clark Gable, Susan Hayward, and Michael Rennie
• Laser Mission, a 1990 film with Brandon Lee and Ernest Borgnine, also titled Soldier of Fortune
• "Soldier of Fortune", a song by Deep Purple from their 1974 album Stormbringer, covered by Opeth in the 2006 special edition of their album Ghost Reveries, and also by Black Majesty in their 2007 album Tomorrowland
• Books:
  • Soldiers of Fortune, available at Project Gutenberg. A novel by Richard Harding Davis (1897).
  • Real Soldiers of Fortune, available at Project Gutenberg. A non-fiction book by Richard Harding Davis (1906). Biographies of: Major-General Henry Ronald Douglas MacIver -- Baron James Harden-Hickey -- Sir Winston Spencer Churchill -- Captain Philo Norton McGiffin -- General William Walker -- Major Burnham, chief of scouts