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Everyone has known since Kris Longknife: Mutineer that Kris ran off to join the Navy after graduating college much to her parents’ dismay. However, the story has never been told of how that came to pass. Worse, how does a scion of the Longknife clan survive that massive drop in social levels, plummeting from the prime minister’s brat to a lowly boot recruit. Here, at last, is the story in all its fuss and feathers still on this rare bird. Enjoy.

In 1946 the United States Navy conducted Operation Highjump, an expedition to evaluate the effect of extreme Antarctic cold on US equipment. However, their true purpose remains shrouded in mystery. Were the reports of Nazi activity on the Southern Continent accurate? After engaging unknown forces in aerial combat, weather forced the Navy to abandon operations. Undeterred, the US returned every Antarctic summer until escalating tensions in Southeast Asia forced the government to secretly detonate three nuclear warheads.

Leo Jones wants nothing more than to become a surgeon, but a misplaced terrorist bomb destroys his chance at a fast-tracked career, and nearly his optimism. His plan B finds him cleaning a navy starship, saving for school, and running out of patience. Hophnia Zimmerman wields her willpower with even more skill than her violin bow. As a new navy officer, she's disappointed her first battle is not against an invader, but Leo's traitorous captain.

The Second Galactic Expeditionary Force is a mercenary corporation, fighting for whoever is willing to pay. They recruit from the galaxy’s destitute, its criminals, and loners. All are offered a new life as a GEF trooper, battling their way from one desolate planet to the next. Wrongfully accused of committing genocide against an alien species during a first contact encounter, Fleet Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant Echo Griffith was out of options. His trial was a sham, a theater for the masses. He reluctantly accepts the offer of service with the GEF in exchange for his life.

The Inner Council must be brought to justice. The Resistance needs a win in their fight against the tyrannical government of the New American Republic. They’re overmatched, outnumbered, and underequipped. But they have Jason Rogan. When Rogan was sent to Washington, DC to assist the Resistance on a top secret mission, he had no idea what his actions would set into motion. He just knew that he had a job to do, and he would see it through, regardless of the marks it would leave upon his soul.