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Taking Flight
Duty, honor, sacrifice. That motto means everything to newly commissioned Second Lieutenant Ashlyn Shaw. She thinks she understands the meaning of those simple words. Little does she know. Challenged by those who believe she made it through the Academy on her family’s coattails, a roommate who just wants to see “some action” and a gunnery sergeant determined to make a real Marine out of her, Ash soon realizes what it really means to be a Marine. As the signs point to war on the horizon, she is determined to do everything she can to serve Fuercon and do the Corps proud.Taking Flight is a short story set in the Honor and Duty series universe.
38 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 28, 2016
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September 9, 2019
AN SS./ASG. SYFY. Deep Space Action Adventure (TF) (HAD)
Ss/ASG. have penned a short story about a new butter bar, recent graduate from the academy, reporting aboard for her first assignment. She is different than most new 2nd LT. because she is from a family of Marines that goes back hundreds of years. Unfortunately, every Marine on board the Heinlein are aware of her history. She sets her own goals to lead those that are assigned to her. This is an excellent read for the genre.....DEHS
Ss/ASG. have penned a short story about a new butter bar, recent graduate from the academy, reporting aboard for her first assignment. She is different than most new 2nd LT. because she is from a family of Marines that goes back hundreds of years. Unfortunately, every Marine on board the Heinlein are aware of her history. She sets her own goals to lead those that are assigned to her. This is an excellent read for the genre.....DEHS
June 16, 2021
It's a short story complimenting the novels, and it shows in the sense that it's not something closed, not a cliffhanger, but a snippet to make you interested in the novels
February 14, 2017
I love this series.
September 18, 2016
This was just a short story featuring Ashlyn Shaw in her start as a new Lieutenant but I loved this addition to the series. This snippet of her beginning as a Marine officer would have been great to read prior to the first book.
July 22, 2016
Ashlyn's first mission as a Marine is well written and gets to the action in a timely manner.
March 4, 2024
Great short story of one of Shaw's very early adventures as a "wet behind the ears " 2nd Lt.
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