Publisher Description

A hard-hitting collection of the best fiction of Michael Z. Williamson,creator of the popular Freehold military SF saga.It's a tough universe out there. Duty in the face of danger on a planetaryscale. Pride and competence in the face of idiotic clients who hate that theyneed your services, and an enemy who wants to make your bad day even worse.These are stories of the warriors and civilians who get things done in extremesituations, whether it's rescue from a ship broken in space and leaking air andradiation, hard choices by a brigade of mercenary swords in a world of blood andmagic, or scramble and response by troops in the Sandbox doing what it takes tomake it through another scorching, rocket-filled day.

Author Biography

Michael Z. Williamson is retired military, having served twenty-five years in the U.S. Army and the U.S. Air Force. He was deployed for Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Desert Fox. Williamson is a state-ranked competitive shooter in combat rifle and combat pistol. He has consulted on military matters, weapons and disaster preparedness for Discovery Channel and Outdoor Channel productions and is Editor-at-Large for Survivalblog, with 300,000 weekly readers. In addition, Williamson tests and reviews firearms and gear for manufacturers. Williamson's books set in his Freehold Universe include Freehold, Better to Beg Forgiveness, Do Unto Others, and When Diplomacy Fails. He is also the author of The Hero-written in collaboration with New York Times bestselling author John Ringo. Williamson was born in England, raised in Liverpool and Toronto, Canada, and now resides in Indianapolis with his wife and two children.

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