"Thorne, we're green across the board," the pilot’s voice crackled, thin and strained. "But the Collective just jumped into the outer rim. We have five minutes before they lock onto our signature."
Staff Sergeant Elias Thorne checked the seal on his hardsuit for the third time. He wasn’t a hero from the holovids; he was a man who had seen too many "unwinnable" frontiers. Outside the hull, the gate loomed—a swirling eye of Hawking radiation that led either to a fresh start for humanity or a cold grave in the void. Download Gates Hope Military Sci Rick Partlow epub
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Elias looked at the line of soldiers behind him. They were tired, outgunned, and sporting gear held together by prayers and scavenged parts. He gripped his rifle. In the gritty, high-stakes military sci-fi tradition of Rick Partlow, there were no easy victories. There was only the grit in your teeth and the man standing to your left. He wasn’t a hero from the holovids; he
The air in the hangar smelled of ionized ozone and cheap synth-caf—the scent of impending deployment. Rick Partlow’s Gates of Hope wasn’t just a ship; it was a bruised, armored promise to the refugees huddled in the lower decks.