LIVE SOLDIER
by Liam Clay
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GENRE: Science Fiction
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BLURB:
THE
APOCALYPSE WILL BE TELEVISED.
You
know what they call me.
Camera-eyed
killer. Spawn of the ruins. Man who stole a city.
These
are not the names of a saint. But every legend has an origin story. And because
of what I am, you can experience mine in real-time.
Fair
warning, though: my life contains instances of drug use, bio-terrorism, aquatic
street fighting, unsolicited retinal surgery, advanced warfare, amateur sex and
straight-up murder.
But
if you're sick of sanitized heroes... then log in, lose yourself and become the
Live Soldier. Because you've never met a marine like me.
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EXCERPT:
I have about a millisecond to take all of this in before I get
shot in the stomach. The force knocks me to the ground and I lie there, more
surprised than injured, as my fellow soldiers are mowed down in similar
fashion. This isn’t small arms or even assault rifle fire, I realize dazedly -
only a machine gun installation could cause this much mayhem. Propping myself
up on an elbow, I peer through the crush of bodies.
And spot what I’m looking for. Only the railgun’s muzzle is
visible, spinning faster than the eye can follow. Two figures crouch beside it,
half hidden behind scavenged partitions of bulletproof glass. Something
twitches to life inside me, and now I’m up, pushing through bodies in the
direction of the gun. A bullet ricochets off my armored shoulder and another
one strikes my leg, but I’m fully committed now and only a kill shot is going
to stop me.
First, I throw a handful of nanodrones into the air. Then I
focus on a single clear image - just like Ethan taught me all those weeks ago.
Almost immediately, a roiling cloud of dark matter coalesces around me. There
is some confused shouting, and the gunfire slows as both sides try to make
sense of what they’re seeing. I break into a run. Reaching the makeshift
bunker, I dispel the black cloud and replace it with a blinding burst of white
light. The railgun operators cry out as I vault into their enclosure, sonic
shear already telescoping from its sheath.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Liam
is a Canadian who recently moved to Australia after getting kicked out of
England for apologizing too much. He works on the commercial side of design
agencies as a job, where his seething jealousy of the creative staff boils over
into writing.
Website:
http://www.liamclay.com
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/thelivesoldier/
Twitter:
http://www.twitter.com/TheLiveSoldier
Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18795742.Liam_Clay
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