“Sanctimonious pricks.”
Ellie glanced at Michaels and felt a bottomless pit full of rage claim her. He’d armed her with knowledge and left her to decide what to do about it. He’d made his choice and checked out. She stormed out of the room.
Sir Harry was in the war room. That’s what everyone called it but it was just another basement. They’d been using a lot of them just like it linked by service tunnels. After the failure of the castle’s bunker, decamping to a complex of tunnels and widely-spaced sub-basements had seemed a wise precaution.
The king’s bodyguard saluted her at the open door. Both men knew her. Wolfe had been with William since the attack on the castle. They normally would’ve had a few words to catch up, but she didn’t stop for pleasantries. Not this time. She stormed into the war room to find the king and Sir Harry studying plans on the holo table. Men and women worked around the sides of the room using computers and comms stations.
“Ellie?” King William said, looking up.
Ellie ignored him and went for Sir Harry. She hoisted him into the air by the neck. The people working around the room screamed and stampeded for the door. That was a signal for the guards to rush in with weapons drawn.
“You...” she snarled into his face.
“Ellie!” the king yelled reaching up to pull ineffectually on her arm. “Let him go!”
“Doc is dead because of you.”
Sir Harry took his weight off his neck by holding tight to her arm with both hands. “I...” he gurgled. “Don’t. Know. What. You’re talking about!”
“Liar!” she roared. “I’m going to squeeze the truth out of you!”
“Major Hutton!” King William roared. “Stand down!”
“You don’t know what he’s done, Sire!”
“Are you refusing a direct order from your king?”
“He did it. He mind-wiped those convicts. He cut them up and made them into monsters like me.” Ellie shook the general. “Didn’t you!”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about!” Sir Harry choked out.
Ellie felt the rifle barrel connect with the back of her head. Wolfe. Good man there. He’d chosen the unarmoured side of her skull.
“No one fire without my express command,” William said calmly. “Stand down Ellie.”
She lowered the general gently to the floor, but she kept her grip on his neck. Sir Harry smirked. That was all. It was enough. She crushed his throat and let him fall twitching to the floor.
“Oh fuck, no you didn’t,” Wolfe swore.
The other guard shouted in disbelief as he tried to save Sir Harry, but there was no way Ellie would have let him. She didn’t need to intervene. She stared down at the general as the light went out of his eyes and waited to die. Wolfe was a good man. He’d make sure with one shot.
“Don’t fire! Don’t fire!” William cried desperately over Wolfe’s cursing.
“No do,” Ellie said.
“No! Weapons down!” William yelled desperately as more men arrived. “No one fire!”
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First published by Impulse Books UK December 2016
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The characters and events in this book are fictitious. Any similarity to real persons living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental and not intended by the author.
Cover art and Design: Tom Edwards http://tomedwardsdesign.com/
Copyright © 2016 by Mark E. Cooper
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ISBN: 978-1-905380-68-8
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Acknowledgements
Special thanks go to Colin Jubb, Tristan Parker and all my other friends over at the Snakeholme Facebook group.
Also thanks to Angela Swain Jackson, Dave Milne, Robert Begg, John Bradley, and Lcdr. Craig Holoboski for all their help in making this series better than any one person could alone.
Thanks for everything.
Table of Contents
Cover
Contents
Incursion
Book Description
A word on language and pronunciation
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1 ~ Do Not Go Gentle
2 ~ Into That Good Night
3 ~ Rage Against The Dying
4 ~ The Dying of the Light
5 ~ Scavenger
6 ~ Visitors
7 ~ Harmonies
8 ~ A Matter of Honour
9 ~ Born Scientist
10 ~ Show Time
11 ~ Summoned
Part II
12 ~ Sebastian
13 ~ Homecoming
14 ~ Possibilities
15 ~ Chaos Theory
16 ~ Broken
17 ~ Options
18 ~ Reaper
19 ~ Weaponise Me
20 ~ High Table
21 ~ Contact
Part III
22 ~ Staying Human
23 ~ Learning Lessons
24 ~ Eternal Friends
25 ~ News From The Front
26 ~ Enclave
27 ~ Honoured Guests
28 ~ Damaged Goods
29 ~ Convention
30 ~ Titans
31 ~ Live Fire
32 ~ Orientation
33 ~ Inconvenient Tails
34 ~ Five Credit Tour
Part IV
35 ~ Merry Christmas
36 ~ Sudden Drop
37 ~ Refugees
38 ~ Stepping Up
39 ~ Balance
40 ~ Taking Stock
41 ~ Well Met
42 ~ Scholars
43 ~ Time's Up
44 ~ Remember Me
45 ~ Epilogue
46 ~ Bonus Chapter
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