Book Three of
The Legacy Trilogy
Star Marines
Ian Douglas
For Brea,
who saw me through the worst of times
Contents
Prologue
They were called the Hunters of the Dawn.
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He was sealed inside a windowless carbotitanium laminate alloy canister…
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In the dark and lonely gulf beyond the orbit of…
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The huntership decelerated with inertialess ease, coming to a relative…
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In the four and a quarter hours since the huntership…
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“I want to volunteer, sir.”
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Garroway felt his gut twist as the autie spun end…
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The trick was to keep a firm hold on his…
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It began as a rain of fire.
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Gunnery Sergeant Travis Garroway lay in a tangled jumble of…
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Colonel Robert Ellsworth Lee entered the conference chamber—doing so in…
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“We are not going to abandon Earth!” Admiral Marcia Thomas…
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It took Recruit Private Nal il-En Shra-dach a long time…
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Gunnery Sergeant Travis Garroway hadn’t been able to sleep. The…
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Recruit Private Nal il-En Shra-dach dropped to the deck when…
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Puller Auditorium, an enormous chamber with stadium seating located in…
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Garroway carried his tray to an unoccupied table, took a…
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“…and acting in the very best traditions of the United…
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Travis Garroway floated into the compartment, using the handholds fastened…
Interlude
The MIEU task force assembled in Mars polar orbit, the…
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Technically, it was midafternoon on board the Lejeune. Though the…
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“Okay, boys and girls,” Colonel Lee’s mental voice said through…
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The passageway, clearly, was not designed for humans. It was…
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It was, General Garroway thought, now down to a race,…
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For almost half an hour, the Marines had drifted out…
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General Garroway stood on Henderson’s command deck, watching the battle…