Homeworld: a Military Science Fiction Novel
“She began coughing uncontrollably. Spasm after spasm racked her body as it desperately tried to pass up what felt like sand from her lungs. With each cough, her head lanced with searing pain. Finally, she drew in a deep long ragged breath. Dinah wondered where she was and why there was so much sand around and on top of her?
She sat up disoriented and dizzy, and looked into the blank expression of Infantryman Simmons. Simmons was the unfortunate young man who had the honor of attracting Sergeant... Turner’s attention on their first day of Initial Training. Simmons seemed to be missing two legs and half an arm. Misshapen stumps of blood and bone had replaced them. Dinah stared at the ragged strips of flesh that were all that remained of his left leg and traced the shatter shard of what remained of his femur. Dinah stared for a long time shocked and unbelieving as the thought suddenly occurred to her that Simmons had gone to a place where the wrath of Sergeant Turner could never reach him again.MoreLess
She sat up disoriented and dizzy, and looked into the blank expression of Infantryman Simmons. Simmons was the unfortunate young man who had the honor of attracting Sergeant... Turner’s attention on their first day of Initial Training. Simmons seemed to be missing two legs and half an arm. Misshapen stumps of blood and bone had replaced them. Dinah stared at the ragged strips of flesh that were all that remained of his left leg and traced the shatter shard of what remained of his femur. Dinah stared for a long time shocked and unbelieving as the thought suddenly occurred to her that Simmons had gone to a place where the wrath of Sergeant Turner could never reach him again.MoreLess
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