All-out war breaks out between Homeland and the ISA on multiple fronts across the former USA, including the Great Lakes. The story is richly embellished with killing machines of the future. Choose your side and see if anyone can prevail.
This book is book 4 of the Lucid Series, but can stand alone as a one-off read as well.
Both the paperback and ebook were put on sale in August 2021. Check the sales in the other books of this series to get an idea of the English version performance.
A mobile missile launcher was followed by an armored inquisitor vehicle and a civilian vehicle with darkly tinted glass. The large, single strategic missile launcher two-man crew stabilized the vehicle, lifting the wheels off of the ground with hydraulic struts.
Then the leader of the missile launcher, a captain, asked the accompanying human commander of the droid Inquisitor unit, “Why are you here? And who is that back there in the car? We have our regular command, and we know our jobs. And we have never carried a warhead in our arsenal with this kind of payload. Who uses a weapon like that? Terrorists?”
“This is a special Inquisitor operation, captain. Proceed without further question.”
The other missile crew member, a non-commissioned officer said, “This can’t be right. This is just a training exercise, right? Captain, the target coordinates are a town in Homeland. Waynesburg, Pennsylvania.”
“There is no Pennsylvania!” The Inquisitor leader, who overheard the comment shouted. Homeland long ago abolished the old State names and borders, but some citizens still routinely used them for practical reference. “Now commence launch.”
“Sir! That is a multiple-warhead CK rocket!” the NCO pleaded with the Inquisitor, “You want to poison gas one of our own cities?! Our own citizens! You’re insane!”
CK was the designation given to Cyanogen chloride, a gas that caused a slow death and could penetrate virtually all gas mask filters.
The Inquisitor commander pulled out his sidearm and pointed it at the NCO. “Any more talk and I will shoot. And I will confirm the correct coordinates are set before you launch.”
