Homefront: Portal Wars III by Allan Jay

Author:Allan, Jay [Allan, Jay]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Galactic Empire, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Space Opera, Colonization, Science Fiction, Space Marine, Military
Publisher: System 7 Publishing
Published: 2016-02-09T07:00:00+00:00

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Mitchell Klein moved quietly through the camp, glancing quickly to the side as he walked past the familiar gray shelter unit, the unassuming home of the army’s supreme commander. He’d contrived to walk by at least ten times over the last week, in the half a dozen different locations that had served as headquarters while the AOL advanced across the windswept steppe. He’d scouted out the operations shelter too, but that was always busy, far too busy for his intentions.

There was a single guard on duty outside Taylor’s quarters, as usual, not a lot of protection for the commander of the entire army. No, Klein thought to himself. General Taylor is more than the leader of the army, he is the beating heart of the crusade. Without him, Klein was sure things would crumble. Taylor’s veteran soldiers would be leaderless, confused. They would still fight savagely, he had no doubt about that, but they would fall in the end without their brilliant and beloved leader.

Klein had been planning for over a week now, waiting for the right moment. He’d have to take care of the guard, that much he knew for certain. And though there was only one on duty at any given time, Taylor’s Erastus veterans had claimed the job for themselves. It wasn’t impossible to kill a Supersoldier, but it certainly wasn’t easy. And it was damned sure dangerous as hell. He’d need surprise to have a chance, and if his initial attack failed, he doubted he’d get a second.

He needed more than surprise though. The attack had to be silent, swift. If the guard had a chance to sound an alarm, or even cry out, he knew he would fail. And if he failed he would die. He’d told himself every day he delayed was because the time wasn’t right, that a more opportune moment would come. But part of him knew fear was as much to blame. Any way he thought about it, he knew an attempt to assassinate Taylor was dangerous. He had to get past the guard, take the army’s commander—a veteran Supersoldier himself—by surprise, and kill him without drawing any attention. If he made any noise, if Taylor shouted out in his death struggle, Klein knew he’d be in deep trouble. If he was caught in the act, even if he managed to kill his target, he knew he’d be dead. He couldn’t imagine the ferocity of the soldiers of the AOL, and Taylor’s oldest comrades in particular, toward the killer of their beloved general. They’d tear him to pieces, perhaps literally.

Klein had almost given up a number of times, resolved to hide among the other soldiers of the AOL until he had a chance to escape, to sneak off and find his way back to UNGov headquarters. But he’d always been drawn back to his original plan. His mind was in torment, greed and fear fighting to control his actions. He’d let himself imagine the rewards, the power he would gain as the man who’d killed UNGov’s worst enemy, and he ached to realize it all.

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