[The Ragnarok Saga 03] • Accord of Valor

The final battle between Mars and Earth approaches.

Forces array themselves for a showdown, and humanity’s fate lies in the balance. Thomas leads a new force of the most powerful infantry humans have ever fielded, but even that may not be enough to prevail against Earth's newest plot.

The stakes are higher than anyone knows. The secrets deeper than anyone has guessed. And the truth could free or enslave humanity forever.

Sample from the story:

“Lucas, what’s going on up there?” I asked over the radio.”

“Picking up some weird shit on thermal, sir. You’d better come have a look at this.”

”I grumbled under my breath, but made my way up to the front of the column of men. He was right. When I turned on thermal imaging the whole area looked hot. Small pockets of even higher temperatures were scattered about, but even the cool spots were still much hotter than the terrain we’d seen so far.”

“Natural formation?” I said aloud.”

“Seems to be. It looks like it extends for a couple kilometers in every direction,” Lucas said. “Not sure what it is, though. You want us to go around it?”

”I really didn’t want to go through it. The whole thing gave me a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach. But on the other hand we couldn’t afford to go that far out of our way, either.

“Irons, you hearing this?”

”“I am. What’s your call, sir?” he replied.”

“I was asking what you thought.”

”“I think we might be screwed either way..."