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Calculated Fire
Maxin Marbula traded his promising academic career for combat boots and a rifle, determined to test his brilliant analytical mind against the brutal realities of war. But on the hostile world of Kepler-442b, where professional armies clash in devastating conventional warfare, intellectual prowess means nothing if you can't survive your first firefight.
Assigned to Firebase Thunder—47 kilometers from civilization and under constant artillery bombardment—Maxin must prove himself to a battle-hardened weapons squad that's already lost five soldiers. Armed with the cutting-edge M-81 Hornet mortar system and his uncanny ability to calculate death with mathematical precision, he transforms from replacement soldier to indispensable warrior.
But war changes everyone.
As Maxin's body count rises through expertly coordinated mortar strikes and close-quarters combat, his squad mates begin calling him something "Reaper." The nickname fits. Whether delivering death from kilometers away or engaging the enemy face-to-face, Maxin's analytical mind has found its perfect, terrible application.
From Firebase Thunder's embattled highlands to the blood-soaked ridgelines of Operation Thunderbolt, one question haunts every How far will a brilliant mind go to master the mathematics of killing?
In the crucible of Kepler-442b's endless war, heroes aren't born—they're calculated.
Assigned to Firebase Thunder—47 kilometers from civilization and under constant artillery bombardment—Maxin must prove himself to a battle-hardened weapons squad that's already lost five soldiers. Armed with the cutting-edge M-81 Hornet mortar system and his uncanny ability to calculate death with mathematical precision, he transforms from replacement soldier to indispensable warrior.
But war changes everyone.
As Maxin's body count rises through expertly coordinated mortar strikes and close-quarters combat, his squad mates begin calling him something "Reaper." The nickname fits. Whether delivering death from kilometers away or engaging the enemy face-to-face, Maxin's analytical mind has found its perfect, terrible application.
From Firebase Thunder's embattled highlands to the blood-soaked ridgelines of Operation Thunderbolt, one question haunts every How far will a brilliant mind go to master the mathematics of killing?
In the crucible of Kepler-442b's endless war, heroes aren't born—they're calculated.
545 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 24, 2025
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