A Call To Vengeance – Snippet 08

A Call To Vengeance – Snippet 08 Locatelli frowned. Probably considering the implications of where Vanguard was headed, Eigen guessed, and the negligible contribution a corvette was likely to make in any confrontation. At least on paper. Because Eigen also knew...

A Call To Vengeance – Snippet 06

A Call To Vengeance – Snippet 06 Peacetime exercises had only confirmed that view on the part of most of her peers. But Clegg had always taken those exercises with a kilo-sized grain of salt. Missiles were far too expensive to waste in live-fire exercises, and...

A Call To Vengeance – Snippet 03

A Call To Vengeance – Snippet 03 CHAPTER TWO Captain Trina Clegg tapped the release, and the hatch into Vanguard’s bridge slid open in front of her. She grabbed a handhold, noting as always the misaligned pair of plates on the inside of the pocket that had...

A Call To Arms – Snippet 35

The book should be available now, so this is the last snippet. A Call To Arms – Snippet 35 Well, seventeen, technically, if you added in the group guarding Gryphon. But they were way the hell over at Manticore-B. If the Volsungs did their job properly, that...

A Call To Arms – Snippet 34

A Call To Arms – Snippet 34 BOOK THREE 1543 PD CHAPTER SEVENTEEN There was a soft tone from the repeater display in Llyn’s cabin aboard Score Settler. Starting awake from his light doze, he checked the readout. Finally — finally — a hyper...

A Call To Arms – Snippet 33

A Call To Arms – Snippet 33 Castillo grunted as he unstrapped from his station. “No need to be sorry, Lieutenant. There’s just a need to learn.” He waved at the tac display. “As I said, that kind of trick takes careful timing and a great...

A Call To Arms – Snippet 32

A Call To Arms – Snippet 32 Once again, the tac display began to shift. Travis watched, his thumbs pressed hard against the sides of his forefingers. From somewhere forward came a muted rumble as the autocannon began firing. The flashing red rim around...

A Call To Arms – Snippet 31

A Call To Arms – Snippet 31 CHAPTER SIXTEEN “Yes, Ma’am,” Travis said, his pulse suddenly pounding. Maneuvering past her, he pulled his way down the passageway and headed toward the bridge, a sinking feeling joining the resident tension already...

A Call To Arms – Snippet 30

A Call To Arms – Snippet 30 “Understood, Admiral,” Castillo said. “May I also say that congratulations are in order. This is the first time in years that I’ve heard of anyone being actually preauthorized to spend a missile. Even a...

A Call To Arms – Snippet 29

A Call To Arms – Snippet 29 Bajek was waiting in Captain Castillo’s office when Travis arrived. “Come in, Lieutenant,” Castillo said, his voice and expression stiffly formal. “I understand you want to write up Ensign Locatelli.”...