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    Old Wounds
    Old Wounds
    Old Wounds
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    Old Wounds

    By Michael D. Britton

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    Colonizing the moon is hazardous work...made more dangerous by political bickering back on Earth. Now Jack Chang must face either the starvation of the colony he leads, or the deadly terror threat posed by his former Marine buddy who's trying to extort the government and keep the colony alive. Some choice.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherIntelligent Life Books
    Release dateMay 21, 2012
    ISBN9781476112381
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    Michael D. Britton

    Michael D. Britton has been writing professionally for 25 years, including heading up marketing departments, working in huge private corporations, writing for government entities, supporting non-profit healthcare systems, sprinting with tiny tech start-ups, freelancing, and a producing TV news broadcasts in the 90s. His short fiction has received ten honorable mentions in the Writers of the Future contest, among other recognition; and his novels have advanced through multiple rounds of the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award in various years. His list of indie-published fiction titles exceeds 65 and keeps increasing. Learn more at www.michaeldbritton.com.

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      Old Wounds - Michael D. Britton

      Old Wounds

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      Michael D. Britton

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      Copyright 2012 by Michael D. Britton / Intelligent Life Books

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      Jack Chang slammed the cold steel communications panel with a slender but strong fist. The crisp image on the holoscreen shimmered a little – a woman, late forties, red blouse, short black hair, blinked hard and wiped away a tear.

      Oh, President Stevens, Jack growled, rolling his wheelchair forward a couple of inches, don’t tell me you’re crying over us? Am I supposed to feel your pain? As you and your vaunted cabinet condemn twelve hundred of us to death, simply because you can’t balance a budget?

      That’s not fair, Dr. Chang. You know that’s not fair.

      Jack stared out the polyvex windows of the Lunar Colony Command Center, watching

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