Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 41

by Drak Bibliophile | Aug 5, 2020 | KratmanSnippets, Snippets

This book is available now so this is the last Snippet. Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 41 She gave a command and the left quarter images dissolved, to be replaced by a close up from a recon skimmer of the latifundia of the former ambassatrix to Santa...

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 40

by Drak Bibliophile | Aug 3, 2020 | KratmanSnippets, Snippets

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 40 ***** Rodriguez could still here the tanks and the ocelots, even after they passed the smoke screen.  He watched the last of the platoon disappear into the same screen before plunging into it himself.  There...

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 39

by Drak Bibliophile | Jul 31, 2020 | KratmanSnippets, Snippets

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 39 Chapter Fourteen Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero, (Seize the day, put very little trust in tomorrow).  – Horace, Odes Atlantis Base Turning away from the window at which she stood, Bethany asked her...

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 38

by Drak Bibliophile | Jul 29, 2020 | KratmanSnippets, Snippets

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 38 Finca Mixcoatl There was a dirt road from the finca to the main road that ran north and south.  This was the road taken by Pablo and Francsico.  It was also the road they’d met at on the way back. ...

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 37

by Drak Bibliophile | Jul 27, 2020 | KratmanSnippets, Snippets

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 37 Beach Red, Atlantis Island “Can we get through to my dad, yet?” Ham asked one of the commo rats, a short and dark sergeant. “No promises; I can try.” “Do.”  The old man had set...

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 36

by Drak Bibliophile | Jul 24, 2020 | KratmanSnippets, Snippets

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 36 Chapter Thirteen De Oppresso Liber -Motto of the US Army’s Special Forces. UEPF Spirit of Peace At another station, Xingzhen angrily berated someone down below in her ministry of defense.  A long cursing...

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 35

by Drak Bibliophile | Jul 22, 2020 | KratmanSnippets, Snippets

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 35 What was there neither Jorge, nor the platoon leader, Centurion Vicente, really knew.  Certainly it had looked like a ranch, not really different from back home, except there was somewhat less mechanization that...

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 34

by Drak Bibliophile | Jul 20, 2020 | KratmanSnippets, Snippets

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 34 Chapter Twelve It’s a Vietnamese soup that answers the question, ‘What happens when a former child soldier pours hot rain water over fish nightmares.’ It’s delicious and I can’t stop...

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 33

by Drak Bibliophile | Jul 17, 2020 | KratmanSnippets, Snippets

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 33 The gravity on the hangar deck was paltry, but she had magnetized shoes to let her put one foot in front of the other and join him.  It was an awkward kind of walk, and especially so for those, who, like Bethany,...

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 32

by Drak Bibliophile | Jul 15, 2020 | KratmanSnippets, Snippets

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 32 She never saw her husband.  Indeed, she avoided seeing him.  In the first place, unlike her, he had some skills considered valuable by their owners. Hence he had a much better job at an office building on the...

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 31

by Drak Bibliophile | Jul 13, 2020 | KratmanSnippets, Snippets

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 31 Chapter Eleven Land the landing force. –Traditional BdL ALTA An IM-71 shuddered and hopped on the pick-up area of the rear deck.  Into it shuffled a short line of cadets with one or two adults for...

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 30

by Drak Bibliophile | Jul 10, 2020 | KratmanSnippets, Snippets

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 30 “What’s that?” “If we use some demo to open more holes…” Ham let the thought trail off, suspecting, even before the division chief said anything, that it wasn’t such a good idea....

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 29

by Drak Bibliophile | Jul 8, 2020 | KratmanSnippets, Snippets

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 29 Ham ran to the ladder but stopped, sparing one glance, maybe a last one, at the woman who had, as much as his mother, raised him. Turning away he practically flew down the ladder, then used the ladder as an anchor to...

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 28

by Drak Bibliophile | Jul 6, 2020 | KratmanSnippets, Snippets

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 28 Chapter Ten Many intelligence reports in war are contradictory; even more are false, and most are uncertain.” –Karl von Clausewitz    UEPF Spirit of Peace The door to the intelligence shop...

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 27

by Drak Bibliophile | Jul 3, 2020 | KratmanSnippets, Snippets

Days of Burning, Days of Wrath – Snippet 27 “Wait!  Wait!” Cherensa reminded them.  “Let the debris fall.” After a slow count of ten, by which time Leon had the pack frame with the rest of the demo back on his back, Cherensa...