Planet Breaker by James David Victor

Author:James David Victor [Victor, James David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Fairfield Publishing

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Three days, two more Marine detachments, and one more squadron of fighters had been called down to deal with the enemy on the ground, while the Star Chaser—once joined by other ESS ships—had taken the fight to the Arkana carriers sitting in orbit. It had taken all of that, but they had defeated the enemy on Jiikar and now would establish a better foothold on the planet to keep the Arkana from getting it.

Andy knew that the evac ship was still on its way, but she didn’t know what the hospital would plan to do. By now, it wasn’t her concern anymore. The 33rd had been recalled to the Star Chaser to move onto the next insanity.

Their shuttle lifted off from the planet of Jiikar and headed back to their home ship. She sighed heavily and leaned her head back against the shuttle wall. She’d lost four more Marines in the past three days of combat, and more than a handful of injuries, including a variety of her own. None of hers were bad enough to keep her from moving around, at least, but she needed some time in sickbay.

Now that the fighting had stopped and the adrenaline had passed, she was able to feel properly like crap.

A day’s worth of shore leave before the enemy steamrolled over it so that they could steal whales, and then they went after a hospital, because all those near-death patients were such a threat. Three days of straight combat followed that, just to top it all off. More dead Marines, crashed fighter jets streaking the sky with fire, the ship up in orbit with a few new holes and dents and scorch marks.

“Andy?” Anath asked from where he was sitting beside her.

“Yes?” she asked without opening her eyes.

“Are you okay?”

Andy took a long breath in and then blew it out. She opened her eyes and turned her head—more flopped it, really—toward her brother. “No, Anath. I’m not okay at all.”

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