MERCS (2015) by Jay Allan

Author:Jay Allan [Allan, Jay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction, Colonization, Galactic Empire, Military, Space Marine, Space Opera, Dystopian
ISBN: 0692354808
Amazon: B00R3N0X0E
Publisher: System 7 Publishing
Published: 2015-03-23T11:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Old Marine Hospital

Planet Armstrong, Gamma Pavonis III

Earthdate: September, 2318 AD (33 Years After the Fall)

Sarah Cain sat in her office, quietly scanning reports. At a fast glance, she appeared almost unchanged over the past thirty years, a strikingly beautiful woman who seemed immune to the passage of time. A closer inspection revealed a few lines on her face and streaks of gray in her hair, but nothing that made her seem remotely close to her age. It was her eyes that came closest to giving her away. A deep sadness had dulled their former blue sparkle. She felt her age more than she showed it, and a sense of fatigue had been growing on her.

She was two years shy of her ninetieth birthday, but a lifetime of rejuv treatments had left her the physical equivalent of a healthy fifty year old woman. She knew the effects of the drug therapies would begin to fade more quickly in the years ahead, eventually causing her to age the equivalent of two or three years for each one that passed. She could easily live to her 120th or 130th birthday, but she also realized she would be an old woman long before that. In many ways she already felt that way, as if she was simply waiting for her remaining years to pass.

Sarah’s life had been a difficult one in many ways. She had served for years as the chief surgeon of the Alliance Marine Corps, and she had seen more horror and death than any man or woman should witness. When the final war between the Superpowers was over, she’d finally had a chance at peace, and for fifteen years she’d been happier than she’d ever imagined possible. But, like all good things, her joy had come to an end—and as usual, it was the trumpet of war that had shattered her bliss.

When the First Imperium struck again, Erik had answered the call, as he had all his life. It had been more difficult for him to take up the sword again this last time, for he too, Sarah was certain, had finally found a happy life with her and their teenaged twin sons. But in the end, he’d had to go. The First Imperium was a threat to all mankind. The Superpowers were gone, and the young colony worlds possessed a fraction of the strength that had been wielded in the first war against the alien menace. If the robotic invaders weren’t defeated, eventually they would come to Atlantia. They would destroy that magnificent world, and kill every human being living there. Including Sarah and her sons. Even if Cain could leave the rest of mankind to its fate, he could never allow such an inhuman enemy to reach his family.

This war had been different from all the countless others he’d fought, however. He’d led his warriors as well as he ever had, winning a series of costly victories that stopped the First Imperium invasion in its tracks. Indeed, there

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