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Murphy's Lawless #3
Assault
Taken from their planet and their century,
they are…the Lost Soldiers.
Marooned on the primitive planet R’Bak in the 55 Tauri B system, the Lost Soldiers have accomplished the impossible: they’ve stolen a transatmospheric cargo hauler and used it to get two squads of troops alongside a Kulsian corvette orbiting the second planet of the system. Now they have to—they absolutely must!—capture it, because if they fail to do so, they lose everything.
Leading the assault is a hard job that will require a hard, dedicated man. Navy SEAL Harry Tapper is that hard man… but dedicated? He was once, but now he’s not so sure. Not at all.
When the Lost Soldiers were hastily roused from cold-sleep, Tapper was indispensable to their initial success. It was he who risked his life among the indigenous peoples. It was he who led raids that captured the Kulsian vehicles which the Lost Soldiers used to expand from a small dirtside FOB into a planet-wide presence. But then Harry married an indig woman, went native, and lost both the commitment and inclination to fight for his former country, or even his home planet.
they are…the Lost Soldiers.
Marooned on the primitive planet R’Bak in the 55 Tauri B system, the Lost Soldiers have accomplished the impossible: they’ve stolen a transatmospheric cargo hauler and used it to get two squads of troops alongside a Kulsian corvette orbiting the second planet of the system. Now they have to—they absolutely must!—capture it, because if they fail to do so, they lose everything.
Leading the assault is a hard job that will require a hard, dedicated man. Navy SEAL Harry Tapper is that hard man… but dedicated? He was once, but now he’s not so sure. Not at all.
When the Lost Soldiers were hastily roused from cold-sleep, Tapper was indispensable to their initial success. It was he who risked his life among the indigenous peoples. It was he who led raids that captured the Kulsian vehicles which the Lost Soldiers used to expand from a small dirtside FOB into a planet-wide presence. But then Harry married an indig woman, went native, and lost both the commitment and inclination to fight for his former country, or even his home planet.
136 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 24, 2021
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About the author
Mike Massa
18 books19 followersMike Massa has lived an adventurous life including stints as naval officer (1130), an investment banker, an entrepreneur, a corporate security specialist and a university researcher.
In addition to the usual military deployments, he has lived outside the US for several years as a civilian, mostly in South American and Europe. Mike's last major trip was to Bolivia, evaluating the resiliency of large scale industrial activity to natural disasters.
Mike gets out to several Science Fiction and Fantasy conventions annually, including Libertycon in Chattanooga, RavenCon in Colonial Williamsburg and DragonCon in Atlanta.
First published in 2016, Mike is continuing to write novels and contribute to anthologies. His debut novel, cowritten with John Ringo, became a National Bestseller. Mike is married and enjoys the challenges that three sons and a growing cohort of grandsons bring. They check daily to see if today is the day they can pull down the old lion. Not yet...
Mike can be followed at
https://www.facebook.com/MassaWrites and http://thegeniuswar.com
In addition to the usual military deployments, he has lived outside the US for several years as a civilian, mostly in South American and Europe. Mike's last major trip was to Bolivia, evaluating the resiliency of large scale industrial activity to natural disasters.
Mike gets out to several Science Fiction and Fantasy conventions annually, including Libertycon in Chattanooga, RavenCon in Colonial Williamsburg and DragonCon in Atlanta.
First published in 2016, Mike is continuing to write novels and contribute to anthologies. His debut novel, cowritten with John Ringo, became a National Bestseller. Mike is married and enjoys the challenges that three sons and a growing cohort of grandsons bring. They check daily to see if today is the day they can pull down the old lion. Not yet...
Mike can be followed at
https://www.facebook.com/MassaWrites and http://thegeniuswar.com
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December 26, 2021
You want an action-packed Christmas gift?
Go for assault. In the last part of the Mission Critical novel, Mike Massa delivers a tight story, packed with believable tactics as well as very enjoyable characters.
But where the book shines is not in the tactics or the characters, but much more in the very basic question: how do you motivate men (and women) to fight.
As all the Lawless are already dead to their country once, what makes them tick, how can you motivate them to fight for king and country, where those aren't exactly relevant anymore...
Thought-provoking, entertaining, pure Massa, with a zest of Gannon.
Can't wait for my next Caineverse ration!
Go for assault. In the last part of the Mission Critical novel, Mike Massa delivers a tight story, packed with believable tactics as well as very enjoyable characters.
But where the book shines is not in the tactics or the characters, but much more in the very basic question: how do you motivate men (and women) to fight.
As all the Lawless are already dead to their country once, what makes them tick, how can you motivate them to fight for king and country, where those aren't exactly relevant anymore...
Thought-provoking, entertaining, pure Massa, with a zest of Gannon.
Can't wait for my next Caineverse ration!
January 28, 2023
What’s that you say? Charles E. Gannon is a big name author? Then why is this spinoff being published by a small press? Never mind why, other than the fact that Gannon is letting others play in his Caine Riordan universe and there was no space in Baen’s publication schedule for the Murphy’s Lawless spinoffs. We’re the richer for it!
If you are at all a fan of military science fiction, you’ll simply love the characters, action, plot, SNAFUS, and more about Assault, and this whole series. It rings true, and in this story Mike Massa does a tour de force in the Mil SF subgenre. Warning: these books are addictive.
RECOMMENDED
If you are at all a fan of military science fiction, you’ll simply love the characters, action, plot, SNAFUS, and more about Assault, and this whole series. It rings true, and in this story Mike Massa does a tour de force in the Mil SF subgenre. Warning: these books are addictive.
RECOMMENDED
April 14, 2022
Gritty series
This series isn’t one of the ones where the happy band of characters do great things while killing the bad guys without suffering causality one. Much more like real world battle. Characters you care about die. Shows the artistry of the authors.
This series isn’t one of the ones where the happy band of characters do great things while killing the bad guys without suffering causality one. Much more like real world battle. Characters you care about die. Shows the artistry of the authors.
December 31, 2021
Wow!
An over load of action plus a great story leading up to an epic ending that was very satisfying. A true hero’s journey.
An over load of action plus a great story leading up to an epic ending that was very satisfying. A true hero’s journey.
January 15, 2022
A very good wrap-up to the Mission Critical trilogy.
February 25, 2022
This one was great
This was a good conclusion to this group of stories. I like the character interaction and the pulling together of the story.
This was a good conclusion to this group of stories. I like the character interaction and the pulling together of the story.
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