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Death Comes But Once (Decker's War) (Volume 1)
Death Comes But Once - Decker's War - Volume 1 Author:Eric Thomson Zack Decker wanted only one thing in life: to fight as a Marine Pathfinder. �But�his temper and his loathing for careerist officers cost him dearly. �Forced into early retirement, with a wife who left him long ago, no job, no friends and no future, the former sergeant crawled into a bottle and stayed there, moving from planet to planet, looking ... more »for some reason to keep on living.��Until, that is, he wandered into a bar owned by an old Marine buddy who offered to help. On the run after killing a corrupt cop, and nowhere to hide, he accepted.�
Decker would have done better to head for the hills, or surrender to the militia, however old friends could be persuasive and he soon found himself signing on as�security officer of�a starship with dubious owners and a dubious crew, doing things for his new employer that tested the old saying 'Once a Marine, always a Marine.'��Curiosity was Decker's other major failing and�he�became a fugitive�hunted by a shadowy government organisation,�carrying a secret that could destroy the Commonwealth.��It was a secret to die for, and the people on his trail wanted to make sure he did.� Along the way, they forgot that he could still fight like one of the Few...« less