Release date: January 29, 2015
Subgenre: Science fiction, space opera
About Mission: Attack on Europa
The affair on Langrenus now settled, Bob plans to return home. But an
urgent cry for help from an old friend interrupts his homecoming. The
Big Boss sends him a fleet of newly built fighter ships, seemingly just
in time for this new and unexpected mission. Bob brings along a new
ally, enlisting him in his growing little band of U-net agents. The new
guy is James Jenkins, a.k.a Diamond Dog, a young, hot-shot pilot with
smuggling connections and as soon as they set foot on Mars trouble blows
up in their faces.
A new city is being built and there will be a final gathering of the Allied Martian Powers. They’ve been planning their long-awaited and perilous mission – to destroy the loyalist alien military base on Europa. Bob and Diamond bring along much needed help to the cause, more than willing to rally to the side of the Alliance of Martian Powers but Bob finds that things are changing faster than he can keep up with and his experience in Langrenus haunts him in more ways than one. On Mars, alliances between humans and aliens are complex, tenuous things and Bob finds that even relationships with one’s allies can be uneasy.
This is book 3 of the Mission series, following Flight to Mars and Lights of Langrenus.
A new city is being built and there will be a final gathering of the Allied Martian Powers. They’ve been planning their long-awaited and perilous mission – to destroy the loyalist alien military base on Europa. Bob and Diamond bring along much needed help to the cause, more than willing to rally to the side of the Alliance of Martian Powers but Bob finds that things are changing faster than he can keep up with and his experience in Langrenus haunts him in more ways than one. On Mars, alliances between humans and aliens are complex, tenuous things and Bob finds that even relationships with one’s allies can be uneasy.
This is book 3 of the Mission series, following Flight to Mars and Lights of Langrenus.
Excerpt:
“Gotcha.”
I turned on a flashlight, it's light a bright arc, sweeping over the
top to the bottom and then I glanced under each of the ships in the
train. Will was still at my rear. I bent down to look under one of
the ships. A flash of faint blue light flickered across the sky. The
aurora was winding across it like a serpent. I turned back and
glanced over at the mountainous rock dwellings. They sat like ominous
faded shadows against the night sky. That odd feeling again washed
over me. I suddenly looked around.
“What
is it?” Asked Will.
“I
don't know but I think it's best if we get back to the Phoenix until
Genevieve gets here,” I said. Will just cocked his head to the
side as if he didn't understand. I turned and saw in the light of the
flickering auroras what looked like tall shadows approaching. I put
my hand to my weapon, glancing at the boarding ramp and made to guide
Will back to the Phoenix. Suddenly, I heard whispering voices. I
turned around again to see several humanoid people approaching. A
couple of them were human. It sounded like one of them was speaking
in Hanga. Finally, the man switched to English.
“Nice
ships you got here,” he sneered.
“I
like the look of these ships too,” said another, a Suwudi.
“I
think you'd better leave,” I said slowly. I felt adrenaline release
through my body, rushing through every cell. The hairs on my body
stood on end and I became very still. My fingers flickered over my
laser dragon. I silently primed my gun for fire.
“Don't
move, scum, unless you feel like being blasted into a million tiny
pieces,” said the first one. “I can see your hand moving. Don't
do it.”
“What
do you want,” I asked quietly.
“What
else? You got some mighty fine ships there. We could use them. We
want them.”
“You
can't have them.”
“You
know we're gonna take them, don't you?” Taunted the first man. The
lights in their helmets nearly made them look ghoulish. I couldn't
tell if they were another team of sentinels, though I quickly doubted
that thought, adventurers or smugglers. Or pirates. I had no idea
what they were. Whatever they once were, now they were common
thieves. It was the first time I'd encountered this and I could have
kicked myself for bringing Diamond into a mess that I hadn't
anticipated. I tried to calm the situation by slowly putting my hands
in the air but as soon as I opened my mouth to speak again they went
for their weapons. In a split second the air was crackling with
lasgun fire.
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About V.A. Jeffrey:
Victoria A. Jeffrey grew up in Portland, Oregon, attended Portland
Community College and studied graphic design. She is an author and an
avid reader of science fiction, fantasy. She also enjoys reading
historical fiction and non-fiction. She has written four collections of
poetry and some short stories. She is a content developer for the
Middle-Earth Network, the author of the Red World myth-fantasy trilogy.
She has two upcoming series for this year, the Mission space opera
series and a steampunk science fiction series.
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