Weaponized Math: A Staff Sergeant Gracie Medicine Crow, United Federation Marine Corps, Novelette

Women of the United Federation Marines #2.3

by Jonathan P. Brazee

Staff Sergeant Gracie Medicine Crow, United Federations Marine Corps sniper, is pulled off of the front lines to provide security for a meeting between the Marine leadership and the local population. Along with her new spotter, Lance Corporal Christopher Irving, this should be a routine mission. “Should be” are the operative words. Modern warfare, however, rarely discerns between combat and supposedly secure areas. When insurgents attack to disrupt the meeting, it is up to Gracie and her spotter to somehow hold off the assault until reinforcements can arrive.

"Weaponized Math" was a 2017 Nebula Award Finalist for best novelette.

This is not a full-length novel.

Genres: Science Fiction

32 pages, Kindle Edition

First published December 11, 2017

About the author

I am a retired Marine colonel and now a full-time writer living in Colorado Springs with my wife, Kiwi, and infant twin daughters, Danika Dawn and Darika Marie.

I published my first work back in 1978, a so-so short story titled "Secession." Since then, I have been published in newspapers, magazines, and in book format in fiction, political science, business, military, sports, race relations, and personal relations fields. I returned to writing fiction in 2009, and I currently have over 85 titles published, 52 being novels. My novelette, "Weaponized Math," was a finalist for the 2017 Nebula Award, and my novella, "Fire Ant," was a 2018 Nebula finalist. My novel "Integration" was a 2018 Dragon Award finalist, and my novel "Sentenced to War" was a 2021 finalist. I am a USA Today Bestelling writer.

My undergraduate degree was earned at the U. S. Naval Academy (Class of 1979), and I have attended graduate school at U. S. International University and the University of California, San Diego, earning a masters and doctorate. I am a lifetime member of the Disabled American Veterans, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the US. Naval Academy Alumni Association, and the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.

I have rather eclectic tastes. I have won awards in photography, cooking, wrting, and several sports, earning national championships in rugby and equestrian events. When I'm not writing, I'm reading, cooking, going to the gym, or traveling. I attend quite a few cons over the course of a year, and love meeting other people who love books.

I write because I love it. I only hope that others might read my work and get a bit of enjoyment or useful information out of my efforts.

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Reviews

[saradevil · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a fast and fun read, but even more impressively, a phenomenal story about the war time realities of math, sniping, and women in the military. Absolutely worth a look. Possibly one of the best descriptions and most accurate portrayals of a woman in combat I have ever read.

[Deni Jane · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm not a fan of military fiction and this short story didn't enjoy me one bit. I scrolled trough most of it, so probably my rating is very very subjective. The thing is, it reads like a plot for a computer game. Observe, target, fire. I don't see some dramatic world building or anything. I can play it, but to read it? Nope.

[SR · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cool. Straightforward, good math, good science, good characters. I like Gracie a lot.