Hell's Faire
 ONCE
MORE UNTO THE BREACH ...
With the defenses of the Southern Appalachians
sundered, the only thing standing between the ravening Posleen hordes and
the soft interior of the Cumberland Plateau are the veterans of the 555th
Mobile Infantry.
Dropped into Rabun Pass, with a couple of million
Posleen behind them and fourteen million to the front, the only question
is which will run out first: power, bullets or bodies.
But they have a hole card: far to the north the
shattered SheVa Nine, nicknamed "Bun-Bun," is undergoing a facelift.
Rising from its smoking ashes is a new weapon of war, armed with the most
advanced weaponry Terra has ever produced, capable of facing both the
Posleen hordes and their redoubtable space-cruisers. Capable of dealing
out Hell as only SheVa Nine can.
But when push comes to vaporization, if Mike O'Neal
and the other members of the 555th are going to survive, it will come down
to how much Posleen butt Bun-Bun can kick.
Prepare to eat antimatter, Posleen-boy.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
John Ringo had visited 23 countries and attended 14 schools by the time
he graduated high school. This left him with a wonderful appreciation of
the oneness of humanity and a permanent aversion to foreign food. He chose
to study marine biology and really liked it. Unfortunately the pay was for
beans. So he turned to quality control database management, where the pay
was much better. His highest hopes were to someday upgrade to SQL Server,
at which point, he thought, his life would be complete. But then Fate took
a hand: John has become a professional science fiction writer, and is in
the early stages of becoming fabulously wealthy, which his publisher has
assured him is the common lot of science fiction writers who write for
Baen Books. In addition to his own enthusiastically received military SF
seriesA Hymn Before Battle, Gust Front, When the Devil Dances, and now
Hell's Fairehe is collaborating with New York Times best-selling author
David Weber on a new SF adventure series: March Upcountry, March to the
Sea, and March to the Stars, with more to come.
With his bachelor years spent in the airborne, cave diving,
rock-climbing, rappelling, hunting, spear-fishing, and sailing, the author
is now happy to let other people risk their necks. He prefers to write
science fiction (both alone and in collaboration with David Weber) raise
Arabian horses, dandle his kids and watch the grass grow. Someday he may
even cut it. But not today. Maybe tomorrow. Maybe he'll just let the
horses eat it.
Illustration by David Mattingly
Cover design by Carol Russo Design
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 Hardcover
This is a work of fiction. All the characters and
events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real
people or incidents is purely coincidental.
First printing, May 2003
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ISBN: 0-7434-3604-0
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