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Freehold: Defiance

Everyone has a different war. For some in the UN Peacekeeping mission to Grainne, the struggle is just to survive. For others, it's to remain sane, or keep one's friends and comrades physically and mentally intact. When the rules of engagement are in constant flux, and orders are unclear or based on false information, just getting back inside the fence can be an accomplishment.

For the rebels of the Freehold of Grainne, they must form an organized force from the shattered remnants of their military, and from grimly determined, but underequipped and outnumbered insurgents. Their war is for their very way of life. They'll do everything and anything to stop this invasion, using whatever means are available.  They mean to make the enemy suffer.  Quod vulnera curare potes. "Because physical wounds heal."

Cover Art by Kurt Miller

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This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

First printing, May 2021

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ISBN-13: 978-1-9821-2536-3
eISBN: 978-1-62579-807-7

Copyright © 2021 by Michael Z. Williamson

“A Broader Skillset,” © 2021 by Jamie Ibson; “Health and Safety Enforcement,” © 2021 by Jonathon D. Green; “Trouble in Paradise,” © 2021 by Kevin J. Anderson and Kevin Ikenberry; “The Humans Called It Duty,” © 2007 by Michael Z. Williamson (first appeared in Future Weapons of War, edited by Joe Haldeman and Martin H. Greenberg); “Solitude,” © 2021 by Jessica Schlenker; “Province of Man,” © 2021 by Jaime DiNote; “The Strongest Link,” © 2021 by Jamie Ibson; “Bidding War,” © 2021 by Michael Z. Williamson; “The Bugismen,” © 2021 by William McCaskey; “They Also Serve . . .,” © 2021 by Michael Z. Williamson; “Replacements,” © 2021 by Justin Watson; “Semper Malevolem,” © 2021 by J.F. Holmes and Jason Cordova; “Fire in the Deep, Angel on the Wind,” © 2021 by Christopher DiNote and Philip Wohlrab; “The Price,” © May 2010 by Michael Z. Williamson (appeared in Tour of Duty, 2013, by Michael Z. Williamson).

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