Steel World (Undying Mercenaries Series #1)

B. V. Larson

Amazon Digital Service

2013

347 páginas

11h 34m

ISBN-10: B00FCXPC94

In the twentieth century Earth sent probes, transmissions and welcoming messages to the stars. Unfortunately, someone noticed.

The Galactics arrived with their battle fleet in 2052. Rather than being exterminated under a barrage of hell-burners, Earth joined their vast Empire. Swearing allegiance to our distant alien overlords wasn’t the only requirement for survival. We also had to have something of value to trade, something that neighboring planets would pay their hard-earned credits to buy. As most of the local worlds were too civilized to have a proper army, the only valuable service Earth could provide came in the form of soldiers…someone had to do their dirty work for them, their fighting and dying.

I, James McGill, was born in 2099 on the fringe of the galaxy. When Hegemony Financial denied my loan applications, I was kicked out of the university and I turned to the stars. My first campaign involved the invasion of a mineral-rich planet called Cancri-9, better known as Steel World. The attack didn’t go well, and now Earth has entered a grim struggle for survival.

Humanity’s mercenary legions go to war in STEEL WORLD, bestselling author B. V. Larson’s latest science fiction novel.

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Ficção de games

Ficção científica light para gamers. Conta a história da humanidade após o contato com os seres que comandam a nossa galáxia e o papel relegado aos humanos: mercenários. Devido à nossa natureza essa é a commodity que interessa ao poder galático. Mas o que desafia a trama é o fato de comprarmos tecnologia alienígena para nos clonar e sermos vitualmente imortais.