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Gunnery Sergeant Torin Kerr had been the very model of a Confederation Marine. No one who’d ever served with her could imagine any circumstance that would see her walking away from the Corps.
But that was before Torin learned the truth about the war the Confederation was fighting…before she’d been declared dead and had spent time in a prison that shouldn’t exist…before she’d learned about the “plastic” beings who were really behind the war between the Confederation and the Others. That was when Torin left the military for good.
Yet she couldn’t walk away from preserving and protecting everything the Confederation represented. Instead, ex-Gunnery Sergeant Torin Kerr drew together an elite corps of friends and allies—some ex-Marines, some civilians with unique skills—and together they prepared to take on covert missions that the Justice Department and the Corps could not—or would not—officially touch. But after their first major mission, it became obvious that covert operations were not going to be enough.
Although the war is over, the fight goes on and the Justice Department finds its regular Wardens unable to deal with violence and the people trained to use it. Ex-Gunnery Sergeant Torin Kerr has a solution: Strike Teams made up of ex-military personnel, small enough to maneuver quickly, able to work together if necessary. Justice has no choice but to implement her idea and Torin puts her team of independent contractors back into uniform. It isn’t war, it is policing, but it often looks much the same.
When the scientists doing a preliminary archaeological dig on a Class Two planet are taken hostage, Torin’s team is sent to free them. The problem of innocents in the line of fire is further complicated by the fact that the mercenaries holding them are a mix of Confederation and Primacy forces, and are looking for a weapon able to destroy the plastic aliens who’d started and maintained the war.
If Torin weren’t already torn by wanting that weapon in play, she also has to contend with the politics of peace that have added members of the Primacy—former enemies—to her team. Before they confront the mercenaries, Torin will have to sift through shifting loyalties as she discovers that the line between“us” and “them” is anything but straight.
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- ISBN: 9780756411527
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- ISBN: 9780756411527
- File size: 1558 KB
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- ISBN: 9780756411527
- File size: 1365 KB
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May 8, 2017
Huff’s second Peacekeeper military SF series (after An Ancient Peace) finds canny ex-Confederation Gunnery Sgt. Torin Kerr and her multispecies team trying to rescue a group of kidnapped archaeologists who may have uncovered critical evidence of a weapon that can kill the deadly aliens responsible for an interstellar war. Leading a “police” force for the Justice Department, Torin is used to going head to head with gunrunners and Humans First terrorists, but having civilians caught in the middle adds unwanted complexity to a mission that’s already testing loyalties between team members, who have complex ties to their individual backgrounds, and the powerful Elder Races who lead the Confederation. Although the war has been over for years and Torin hates politics, there’s no way to avoid the influence of either on a dangerous mission that could spark fresh hostilities. Huff weaves a fast-paced thriller bristling with treachery and intrigue. Fans of military science fiction will enjoy this tense adventure and its intricately constructed setting.
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