The DEMC are close to winning the long, ugly fight they were never assured theyโd see the end of.
What stands between our intrepid mercs and victory is the fight for their lives.
The enemies they are about to be pitted against make their endeavors so far look like a cake walk. Killer bugs and government conspiracies are old hat. Armies of mutants spreading like a plague, a host of life-snuffing cyborgs that wonโt stop โcleaning,โ and fierce competition between the various factions. Letโs just say that when this is over, the DEMC are going to need some serious R&R ... assuming they make it through this in one piece.
Survival was never a given, but the DEMC have just the give-โem-hell attitude needed to see this job through. That, or leave them all as greasy stains on the deck. Either way, theyโll be getting that downtime sooner or later. The life of any merc comes down to quick draws, heavy metal, and enough cold creds to keep them coming back for more. The DEMC just made war into an art form.
Hey, go big or never go home, right?
Michael Anderle is the internationally bestselling author of more than forty urban fantasy and science fiction novels, including the Kutherian Gambit, Opus X, Federal Histories, and Exceptional S. Beaufont series. He is also coauthor of many more under his company, LMBPN Publishing, which has sold over 3 million books.
Sarah Mollo-Christensen is a stage and voice actor who received her BA from Dartmouth College and graduated from the Atlantic Theater Company's Acting Conservatory in New York. In addition to her work with audiobooks, her narration can be heard on several episodes of NPR's This American Life.