Burns Series by M M Holt
Burns #0.50
Burns #0.50
Burns 00: Fifty Degrees South
M M Holt
At the frozen end of the earth, we fought an enemy from beyond the stars.
"The blue beams shot from the clouds. They struck the ship and halted our pursuit of the enemy French vessel. None of the officers nor the crew had seen anything like them. No-one knew how to fight back. No-one could say what the beams were, nor who had dared to fire on a ship of war.
“The year was 1803. We were far south in the Atlantic Ocean. This was my first command as captain, and it was not going well. The mission was a strange one, even for a time of war. We were ordered to pursue a French frigate and capture a mysterious sea-chest. If necessary, we were to follow the frigate to the frozen ends of the Earth.
“Failure was not permitted, of course.
“No-one had warned us about blue beams. None of the admirals said a word about shining black vessels in the sky. And no one mentioned that we might find a woman floating in the sea, hundreds of miles from land, nor that she would be far more dangerous than she seemed.
“But nothing could have prepared us for what waited beyond the frozen latitude of fifty degrees south."
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Burns #1
Burns #1
Burns 01: Protocol
M M Holt
THE INVADERS ARE ONE ENEMY. POLITICAL CORRECTNESS IS THE OTHER.
”We were defenseless. The invaders could take the planet without a shot being fired. Not that the government would try to defend us. Not on your life. They were in a centuries-long state of denial. They were so blinded by political correctness, they called the invaders ‘visitors’ and named the destructive beams ‘cultural displays.’
”For a Navy guy like me, this was outrageous. The military had been reduced to nothing but a stage for social experiments. Half the personnel couldn't fire a weapon. Only a few of could actually hit anything. Not that they wanted to.
“But then the ‘visitors’ did something strange. Parked beside the moon, they ignored all requests for ‘cultural exchange.’ Instead, they demanded a meeting with just four ordinary people. One of these ordinary people was me, Lieutenant Alex Burns. Until then, I'd languished on shore leave without prospects. Now, I was on my way to the ‘friend ship’ itself. But I was also headed for trouble so bad, so violent, and so totally bizarre that I can't describe it, not without ditching the government "protocol."
'So, you better let me explain in my own words.”
Prepare yourself for glimpse of a frightening future. PROTOCOL might be described as satire if it wasn't so uncomfortably close to reality. Click BUY to get hold of your copy of this fast-paced, actioned-packed and thought-provoking novel today.
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