Hard Cargo (Necropsace Book 6) by Sean-Michael Argo

Author:Sean-Michael Argo [Argo, Sean-Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Severed Press
Published: 2018-07-22T22:00:00+00:00

A single round had impacted against the front windshield of the vehicle, and though it did not penetrate, the crater it made in the glass right in front of Corin's face revealed the skill of the shooter. Corin cranked the wheel instinctively and for a moment the rover veered dangerously hard to the left, though in an instant the merc corrected and the rover plowed forward undeterred. Two more shots pounded into the plexiglass, leaving spiderweb cracks in their wake across the right flank. Samuel hadn't seen where the secondary shots had come from, but as Garn opened up the marine followed his cone of fire to the jagged outcroppings of stone and dirt on their right.

The trees on this world were gnarled and twisted things, snaking horizontally like tentacles instead of growing tall and proud as one might expect. It made Samuel miss Longstride for a tiny moment, with its cloud cover and thick forests covering the rolling hills, untouched by the machinations of industry or agriculture.

Garn's fusillade tore through stone and tree alike, sending up bursts of splinter and rock shard as the weapon belched forth a stunning number of bullets. They were small caliber rounds but packed a significant amount of power, and Garn's ammunition drum contained over two hundred of them. As Samuel kept his eye on the tracer rounds he saw a bloom of red mist appear as Garn's weapon chewed its way across the rocky treeline, and then a second bloom just as the rover sped out of the ambush zone.

"High gear, Corin, and floor it!" ordered Narek as the rover burst out of the valley and began speeding across the half mile of open ground between them and the base of the mining compound.

"Captain, we've been made!" spat Narek into his comm-bead, though the only reason Samuel heard it was that Narek was shouting, the actual traffic going through a different channel which appeared to be just for the merc and the captain. "We're coming in hot so keep your head down!"

"Wait, Dar is in the compound?" asked Samuel as Corin turned the wheel left and then right again so that he could jink out of the way of several boulders and a few of the odd horizontal trees that had managed to force their roots through the hard packed ground in spite of the heavy winds that made the rover buck and pitch.

"Roger, he's working an angle with their management," nodded Narek as the rover drew close enough to the compound that Samuel could see staffers scurrying about the structure, some of them appearing to flee while others looked to be preparing to defend against the oncoming mercs. "Something about minimizing collateral damage. Don't worry, he's got your lady with him, the talk is she's good at watching his back."

Something tugged at Samuel's heart, and he found himself seeing red. The marine rose up in his seat, ready to slam the stock of his rifle into Narek's leering face. The former battle

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