Marines
Erik Cain joined the
marines to get off death row. The deal was simple; enlist to fight in
space and he would be pardoned for all his crimes.
In the 23rd
Century, assault troops go to war wearing AI-assisted, nuclear-powered
armor, but it is still men and blood that win battles. From one brutal
campaign to the next, Erik and his comrades fight an increasingly
desperate war over the resource rich colony worlds that have become
vital to the economies of Earth's exhausted and despotic Superpowers.
As Erik rises through the ranks he finally finds a home, first with the
marines who fight at his side and later among the colonists - men and
women who have dared to leave everything behind to build a new society
on the frontier, one where the freedoms and rights lost long ago on
Earth are preserved.
Amidst the blood and death and sacrifice, Erik begins to wonder. Is he fighting the right war? Who is the real enemy?
