Planetary Breach

by Jim Rudnick

"This Crimson Worlds book entitled “Planetary Breach” takes place within the Frontier Wars, when colony worlds are still being claimed by some of the Super Powers while other worlds are being stolen, their citizens murdered, their allegiances changing.

This book is all about a single platoon of the French Foreign Legion, on mercenary assault duty hired by the Free Martian Confederation to disrupt their enemy, the Central European League from stealing Corinth, a planet rich in rare earth metals.

So follow second lieutenant Jonas Rouyn as he leads his assault troops against the Panzer infantry of the CEL and tries to save the colony and yet protect his legionnaires..."

157 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 23, 2017

About the author

"Being a youngster in the 1950's meant that I was a voracious reader in what has been called the Golden Age of Science Fiction. That meant that for me, my heroes were not on the hockey rink or gridiron - but instead in my local Library where at 12 I had a full Adult card (thanks Dad!) and took out more than 5 books a week.

Everyone from Heinlein, Norton, Leiber, Pohl, Anderson, Simak, Asimov, Brackett, Van Vogt and more....I fell in love with and eventually owned Ace Doubles of my own. While I never knew who wrote the Tom Corbett - Space Cadet series, I fell in love with them and they had a place of honor on my own bookcase too!

With that kind of an introduction to Science Fiction, it's no wonder that when got my writing work done, I turned my own fictional side of my brain to writing same. It's one thing I know to write - and a totally different matter to release same to the world - something that I've just started to work on....suffice it to say my own works are rooted in that Golden Age and it's that era that I'd like to one day be known as a teensy contributor to in some small way..."