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Carrera. Relentless. Machiavellian. Without compunction. Victorious. Pity his
enemies. Be thankful he is on the side of freedom from totalitarian domination.
On the colony planet of Terra Nova, soldier turned political leader Carrera has
achieved his revenge, destroying those who killed his wife and children in a terrorist
strike, and helping to establish a free country. But Carrera’s fight is not over.
War with the Tauran Union is inevitable. Carrera has been preparing his new country
for this all-out conflict for years, intending to drive out the last vestige of foreign
imperialism in Balboa, the Tauran Union Security Force. He doesn’t care that he’s
outnumbered one hundred to one. He doesn’t care that the Taurans are one thousand
times wealthier. A true Machiavellian, Carrera is convinced that gold cannot always
find good soldiers, but that good soldiers can always find gold. After all, his good
soldiers have already found quite a bit. Moreover, he’s been preparing for the war
he intends to start and fight on his own terms, while the TU has been preparing for
a progressive fantasy.
But then his own government calls a halt even as the commander of the United Earth
Peace Fleet, High Admiral Marguerite Wallenstein, injects a dose of realism and
spine into the Tauran Union. Any other government, giving similar orders, Carrera
would overthrow without hesitation. But this is his own creation; he must follow
these orders.
But the Taurans are provoking Balboa mercilessly, and Carrera knows that sooner or
later, he must fight—only now the task will be more difficult and more bloody. No
matter. When that time comes, Carerra knows he will do whatever it takes to win.
He is, after all, Carrera.
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, November 2013
Distributed by Simon & Schuster 1230 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020
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ISBN-13: 978-1-4516-3936-0
Copyright 2013 by Tom Kratman
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