Zachary Cannon joined the Navy to get trained as a radiology tech, a skill he could use to get a job and support his family after his enlistment. But the needs of the Navy take priority, and much to his surprise, he was given orders to the Fleet Marine Force as a corpsman to an infantry battalion deploying to Iraq. As part of a rifle squad in Ramadi, Zach joins the Marines on patrol, in assaults, and on security duty, facing the same dangers and hardships. Ramadi is a hotbed of insurgent activity in 2006, and Zach's medical skills are put to the test as he witnesses death and injuries. Faced with snipers, full insurgent attacks, IEDs, rockets and mortars, and the never-ending heat, he cannot be a simple observer, there to treat his Marines. Navy or not, he quickly realizes that he is expected to be a full member of his squad, a combat corpsman.

Desperate to escape a life of poverty on his desolate home planet, Ryck Lysander enlists in the United Federation Marine Corps, hoping to make a better future for himself. However, Ryck soon discovers that the Corps is more than a means of escaping his former life as he is pushed beyond the very limits of his strength and willpower. From bootcamp brawls to skirmishes with galactic pirates, Ryck's new life presents him with unimaginable adventures and forces him to prove his mettle as he forges his new identity and fights to earn his place as one of the Brotherhood of Marines.

Una historia corta sobre la paleontología Cuando una pequeña figura es descubierta por un equipo de construcción en Langerich, Alemania, el mundo científico se entusiasma escarbando en sus secretos intendo ver qué les puede decir de la vida en el Paleolítico superior. Esta es una muy pequeña historia acerca de la Venus Paleolítica y la paleontología moderna.

Sit in prison or join the military. The choice is yours. Convicted of a minor traffic violation, Rev Pelletier is conscripted into the Perseus Union Marine Corps . . . for up to a thirty-year term of service. Anxious to get back to his civilian life and job, Rev opts for a shorter term as a Marine Raider taking the fight to the enemy. But with extremely high mortality rates, can he and his friends survive until their term of service is over? Download Sentenced to War now to follow Rev through perilous battles as he fights to hold back the alien invasion. If you're a fan of Old Man's War, Starship Troopers, or Armor, you'll love this military scifi thrill ride.

Uma pequena e irreverente estória que nos apresenta a paleontologia moderna com um toque de humor. Mesmo que não venda milhões de cópias tem o privilégio de proporcionar entretenimento simples e prazeroso. A primeira parte da estória que ocorre na pré-história não é nem um pouco inocente.

Gênero: ficção científica Desesperado para escapar de uma vida de pobreza em seu planeta desolado, Ryck Lysander se alista na Federação Unida do Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais, na esperança de construir um futuro melhor para ele. No entanto, Ryck logo descobre que o Corpo de Fuzileiros é mais do que um meio de escapar da sua vida passada, pois ele é pressionado a ir além dos seus limites e força de vontade. Desde as brigas violentas de treino militar, até os confrontos com piratas galácticos, a nova vida de Ryck apresenta aventuras inimagináveis e o obriga a provar sua coragem enquanto ele forja a sua nova identidade e luta para ganhar seu lugar na Fraternidade dos Fuzileiros Navais.

Un relato breve sobre la sargento primera Gracie Medicine Crow, perteneciente a la Federación del Cuerpo de Marines

Gunnery Sergeant Jacob McCardle is the commander of the Marine Detachment at the US Embassy, New Delhi, when the president of the United States arrives on an official visit, the same man who, as a Congressman, sponsored the bill that had decimated the Corps in a cost-cutting effort. As the president arrives, the embassy is attacked and isolated by a mob of nationalists. With the Indian government seemingly unwilling to take action to restore order and with an ambitious vice-president seizing this as an opportunity to move up to the White House, it is up to Gunny McCardle and his small band of Marines to keep the president alive. Faced with tremendous odds, Gunny has to lead his Marines in an almost impossible task. That is nothing new to the US Marines. Impossible tasks are the Corps' forte. But can his small detachment keep up the tradition of the Corps and succeed despite tremendous odds?

La Cabo Segundo Tamara Veal del Cuerpo de Marines de la Federación Unida llama la atención de los reclutadores que la nominan para servir como Especialista en Combate Mano a Mano. Las gladiadoras, como mejor se las conoce, son las campeonas genéticamente modificadas de la humanidad que enfrentan a las reinas d’relle de los Klethos en el ring de combate cuando los Klethos publican un desafío por un mundo humano. Si triunfa, el planeta se queda en posesión de la humanidad; si pierde, no sólo pierden sus vidas, pero el mundo también. Con los Klethos mucho más avanzados y poderosos militarmente, capaces de derrotar a la humanidad en una guerra total, el ring de desafío es la única manera de retener al menos algunos mundos para el hombre. Mientras la vida como gladiadora está llena del estatus de celebridad y la gratitud de la humanidad, viene con un pesado precio. No sólo existe el riesgo verdadero de la muerte en el anillo, si un gladiador sobrevive a esto, el “Cráter” o Cáncer de Regeneración Acelerada tomará su vida en pocos años. La Cabo Segundo Tamara Veal, quien ha encontrado un hogar en los Marines, tiene que decidir si aceptará la nominación. Tendría que abandonar a sus hermanos y hermanas en el Cuerpo, ingresar al curso de gladiador y someterse a la modificación genética extrema que la dejará casi irreconocible de la mujer que antes era. Hacerse gladiadora le permitirá servir a la humanidad mucho mejor que todo lo que podría hacer como un Marine, pero a un costo personal enorme.

NEBULA AWARD FINALIST: BESTE NOVELLA Floribeth Salinas O'Shea Dalisay is een Off-Planet Worker, werkzaam als een verkenningspiloot door de gigantische onderneming, Hamdani Brothers. Verzonden op een routinemissie om een van de miljoenen systemen in de Melkweg te analyseren, stuit ze op iets dat het voortbestaan van de mensheid zou kunnen bedreigen. Ze ontsnapt nauwelijks met haar leven, maar moet daarbij de AI van haar verkenner afsluiten. Zoals bij alle OPW's, heeft ze weinig rechten en in plaats van te worden geprezen als een held, denkt het bedrijf dat ze liegt. Haar managers geloven dat ze iets waardevols heeft gevonden en hebben haar AI afgesloten in een poging dat feit te verbergen, in de hoop dat ze die informatie aan de hoogste bieder kan verkopen. Geaard en met een enorme schuld nu boven haar hoofd, moet Beth de krachten overtuigen dat er een heel reëel gevaar voor de mensheid op de loer ligt in de diepe ruimte.