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    Soldiers Three: Warriors of Strength
    Soldiers Three: Warriors of Strength
    Soldiers Three: Warriors of Strength
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    Soldiers Three: Warriors of Strength

    By Pj Belanger

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    The "Soldiers - Warriors" series of short stories continues with 2 more stories in “Soldiers Three”. While the first two stories were about “Warriors of Misfortune”, and the second two were on “Warriors of Courage”, the third two are about “Warriors of Strength”.
    In the first two I concentrated on the hardships that can plague soldiers while the second two are on how much courage it takes to perform their duties. The third stories are on how much strength a soldier needs, not only physically, but also mentally.
    Although the stories are set in the far future, the same staunch human spirit exists as it always will and to which we will always be forever grateful for.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPj Belanger
    Release dateDec 11, 2016
    ISBN9781370422302
    Soldiers Three: Warriors of Strength
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    Pj Belanger

    Pj Belanger has spent a good part of her life in the scenic hills of Connecticut. She was always an avid reader. "My father collected every bit of Science Fiction he could find- we would talk for hours on the subject. The Golden Age of Science Fiction is truly a love of mine.Great writers from Heinlein to Jose Farmer to Asimov to Bloch were my idols. They were great story tellers something that influences my own work. Of course, then came Tolkien and I was hooked on fantasy too."After graduating from St. Francis College (UNE) in Maine, she worked in the fast pace newpaper advertising world but always had been a writer of short stories, novel length books of fiction, romance and general interest. Her work is a mixture of a three volume book series, The Houses of Storem filled with wizards, dwarfs, merrs, elfs, heroic Kings and albino Icelanders. Her Space Dectective series is just plain good sci fi fun as is her short story book.Pj was deeply involved in writing local NASCAR Driver Profiles and has a book on The History of Stafford Speedway. "I love racing in general, but I really love the short tracks. It was a labor of love to write the racing books and I enjoyed writing a regular racing column for a local sports newspaper."Pj lives in Florida with husband. She enjoys time with her two grandchildren. Her life is enhanced by a trouble making miniature beagle and a mischievous cat.

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      Book preview

      Soldiers Three - Pj Belanger

      Soldiers Three

      - Warriors of Strength -

      Short Stories

      by Pj Belanger

      Cover Art by RB

      Soldiers Three

      Warriors of Courage

      Short Stories

      By Pj Belanger

      Copyright 2016

      Smashwords Edition

      BRP Publishing

      All rights reserved. This book is protected by the copyright laws of the United States of America. Any reproductions or unauthorized use of the material or artwork contained herein is prohibited without the express written permission of BRP Publishing.

      All characters in this book are fictitious and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

      BRP PUBLISHING

      Contact Author at mailto:pj@pjbelanger.com

      Addition information at http://www.pjbelanger.com

      Table of Contents

      Prolog

      Controlled Rage

      Different

      Thank You!

      Also by Pj Belanger

      Coming – Fall 2017

      Prolog

      The first two short stories in Soldiers’ One came to me while I was riding from Connecticut to Florida. Whilst waiting on the New Jersey turnpike for over an hour in a stop and go situation, I thought about what the human spirit can endure. Here I was just totally fed up with sitting in a car – how insignificant compared to what soldiers have to undergo. Thus, my mind went to my Sci Fi and Fantasy world and a short story series took shape.

      Now I have continued the stories in Soldiers’ Three. While the first two stories were Warriors of Misfortune, the second two were Warriors of Courage, the third two are Warriors of Strength. In the first two I concentrated on the hardships that can plague soldiers while the second two are on how much courage it takes to perform their duties. The third stories are on how much strength a soldier needs not only physically but also mentally.

      Although the stories are set in the far future, the same staunch human spirit exists as it always will and to which we will always be forever grateful for.

      Controlled Rage

      As the cargo back door unfolded, the heat hit her like a hammer. Not Again, Yoria’s mind groaned as her eyes rested on the bleak arid landscape. Even the distant hills looked extremely hot and barren. Couldn’t Sol Army Command ever send her to a tropical paradise - just once! But the planet’s makeup was the reason her squad had been sent. These dry planets were the home of methanilum, the mineral that powered the universe. It made this world invaluable, yet vulnerable to exploitation.

      The human Federation was in a real conundrum. Being part of the larger Galactic Congress, the Federation had signed an agreement with the rest of the different species that primitive worlds would be left to develop on their own. There was to be no interference until that world had reached certain technological developments. There had been too many disasters when a civilization was exposed to an advanced species; massive suicides, huge devastation of the natural resources before it could be stopped not to mention the loss of the new world’s very precious unique cultural mores. If the greed for methanilum were left unfettered the universe would be a bland sameness with only the strong ruling. No new points of view or masterpieces of cultural representation would survive.

      Still, the methanilum was so important that there were cheaters and they were getting better at corrupting a world. The greedy criminals found loopholes and sneaky ways to bring a primitive culture up just enough to speed their entry into the Federation. The only way to police these worlds from those wanting to exploit them was to go in undetected and investigate, then stop the offenders red-handed. And here she and her crew were again!

      Her boots clumped down the ramp ever so lightly bouncing from her slight weight. The sun beat on her dark auburn hair. Yoria had been glad she’d worn her army fatigues on the cargo ship, which had been cold. Inside the transport, the chilly air kept the beasts sleepy while the humans bundled themselves in warm clothing. Now in this heat, she was sweating profusely.

      Her eyes settled on a lone figure that stood at the very bottom of the ramp. Her mind immediately registered pompous bureaucrat. In this heat, his well-ironed officer’s uniform with precisely knotted tie marked him as a strict by-the-rule type. He held an electronic clipboard in his left arm and stood at attention waiting for her to get to the bottom. Great! Her mind and body were tired, not in the mood to deal with the likes of a self-important prick.

      Yoria glanced at the soldier’s shoulder; three stripes. He was a Captain just slightly above her own two stripe Captain’s grade. She stopped at the bottom of the ramp but didn’t salute him until he had saluted first. It gave her a slight psychological advantage. With these types of assholes, anything helped.

      She also let him talk first. Captain Tripe, you are late! his crisp voice matched his uniform.

      Well, C-a-p-t-a-i-n, she annoyingly stretched his title, we got held up on Aston Centura and we had to feed and secure the cargo before we left. We didn’t want any incident to cause a mishap. Then we’d be really late, wouldn’t we? Her mind went to prior space accidents that had happened from being careless with their heavy cargo. Some had been fatal.

      The man stiffened as her sarcasm came through quite clearly. Well, you know this is a time sensitive operation. He marked his clipboard. Yoria was sure he was remarking on her insubordination. Well he could add it to all the rest of the reports.

      I’m well aware of the time table, Sir, she responded. This isn’t our first inclusion investigation. My squad will get their assignment done before the time rules dictate.

      Well, that remains… his voice trailed off.

      She felt the huge tremor on the ramp and knew he’d seen the first of the cargo being unloaded. As the ramp began to bounce rhythmically up and down, almost violently, his eyes grew larger and her admonisher stepped back. The arrogant ass was about to turn and run - not so soon. Sir, I’ll need some information from you.

      He turned to face her, I think we can discuss this later…

      No, no, This idiot wasn’t getting away so easily. As you say this is time sensitive, she could hardly contain her laughter. First timers were always like this. The man’s eyes were on the handler who was leading down the smallest beast. The trainers always unloaded by size. The smell of the massive lizard’s body came whiffing down, pungent and animalistic. A moment later Yoria’s neck felt the hot breath coming from above her shoulders. Glancing down at the captain she realized the scared man was about to run. Before you go, SIR, where have they placed the holding pens? A giant roar came from

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