Wednesday, December 09, 2020

Book Excerpt for the Day

    The drone nodded.  “We were sent out as cannon fodder.  We turned out to be better at staying alive than expected.  When they attached us to a praetorian regiment, we thought they wanted us for our survival skills.”


    “What did they want you for?”


    “Breakfast.”


    “So what happened?”


    SVN/2187 shrugged.  “There was an unfortunate error.  Our commanding officer accidentally got shot by the entire platoon, and then happened to set himself on fire and fell down a hole.  And then a bio-grenade rolled down there after him.  For some reason, high command decided that we were responsible.”



    (from The Pincers of Death by Toby Frost)

 

    8*/10.  The complete review is here.

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