One Good Soldier

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This work is dedicated to my personal hero and big brother, who has been deployed to Iraq twice, Afghanistan, Africa, and elsewhere around the world to defend my freedom to write science fiction books (among other things). Aim high, Chief Master Sergeant Greg Taylor, aim high!

BAEN BOOKS by TRAVIS S. TAYLOR

One Day on Mars

The Tau Ceti Agenda

One Good Soldier

Warp Speed

The Quantum Connection

The Science Behind the Secret*

with John Ringo:

Vorpal Blade

Manxome Foe

Claws That Catch

*forthcoming

PROLOGUE

October 31, 2388 AD

Earthspace, 100,000 kilometers above Orlando

Monday, 7:40 AM, Earth Eastern Standard Time

The Separatist Terrorist Attack on Luna City

"Goddamn, what was that?" General Elle Ahmi was tired of asking that question. The Separatist battle cruiser Phlegra rang with secondary explosions, and warning klaxons sounded throughout the ship.

"I think we were hit by the moon's mass driver," Captain Sterling Maximillian answered. The mass driver of the Oort Cloud facility's moon had fired on them just before they had entered the quantum membrane transport to Earthspace.

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