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    And They Called Him a Hero: Outlander Project, #1
    And They Called Him a Hero: Outlander Project, #1
    And They Called Him a Hero: Outlander Project, #1
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    And They Called Him a Hero: Outlander Project, #1

    By Jim Perry

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    In a far flung future, when the world is engulfed in another world war, Colonel MacIntosh Howe is at the top of his game. As the top military combat test pilot in the RAF, he has access to the most advanced experimental combat aircraft in the world. When a test flight goes awry as the Persian Federation mounts an incursion into British-held Turkey, Howe must find a way to survive the Persians... and his own horrible mistakes.

    In this first installment in an ongoing series, meet the first recruit and mission commander of The Outlander Project, a top-secret project known only to the highest levels of the allied western powers. What sort of mission needs a crack pilot with nothing to lose?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherVisionary Press
    Release dateDec 2, 2019
    ISBN9781386088219
    And They Called Him a Hero: Outlander Project, #1
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    Jim Perry

    Jim Perry's first published works were two novellas for Grail Quest Books, "Firefight at Overwatch Command" and "The Titan Deception," titles based on characters and situations from the WARS Trading Card Game once published by Decipher, Inc. He is currently working on many different projects and plans to launch his publishing endeavors in 2019. Under the moniker Indiana Jim, he has hosted The Adventures of Indiana Jim since 2006 (though under a few different show names). He is an amateur voice actor, lending his voice to many different volunteer productions across the internet, and has produced two full-cast audio dramas. In 2009, his fan production Star Wars - Codename: Starkeeper was a finalist for a Parsec award at Dragon*Con in Atlanta, Georgia. It was also honored with six peer awards by the fan website Star Wars Fanworks (starwarsfanworks.com). He plays several different musical instruments, and in the past he has been a stage actor, singer, arranger, conductor and band leader. He makes his home in Southern Indiana with his wife and three children.

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      And They Called Him a Hero - Jim Perry

      And They Called Him a Hero

      Outlander Project, Volume 1

      Jim Perry

      Published by Visionary Press, 2019.

      This is a work of fiction. Similarities to real people, places, or events are entirely coincidental.

      AND THEY CALLED HIM A HERO

      First edition. December 2, 2019.

      Copyright © 2019 Jim Perry.

      ISBN: 978-1386088219

      Written by Jim Perry.

      Table of Contents

      Title Page

      Copyright Page

      And They Called Him a Hero (Outlander Project, #1)

      Also By Jim Perry

      About the Author

      Unlike most brilliant ideas that come to men while in the bathroom, this one didn’t come to Colonel MacIntosh Howe when he stood in the bushes at the edge of camp relieving himself. It was right after that, in the frenzied rush of panic when he tried to zip up his fly as he fled the rain of bullets cascading from the pre-dawn darkness.

      Besides running for his life, all he could think about was his wife Christine, likely headed out for drinks with the staff from Royal St. Anne’s Hospital. That prick Anders would probably sit across from her and stare at her cleavage. She wasn’t shy. Maybe she’d actually sleep with him this time. And why not? Like her, the prick saved lives. Her husband was a professional at taking them.

      He opened the cockpit door of the experimental McDonnell-Douglas HV7-AB and shut it behind him as the enemy’s rounds—even the armor-piercing variety—clanged impotently against the fuselage. He flipped a few switches above his head and the mag-converters fired with a deep thrum of power, the console erupting to life with the blue-green glow of iridescent light. Amid the peppering of ammunition there were frantic knocks from the knuckles of dying men, trying to escape as he was.

      But escape was not his plan.

      That is to say it wasn’t the entirety of his plan. The British government would count dearly the loss of the craft; it was the lynchpin to His Majesty’s burgeoning Department of Special Warfare inside the Ministry of Defense. It was his duty to protect the vehicle at all costs, even his own life.

      But Howe did not relish the idea of scuttling the thing and leaving the wreckage to be picked over by the Persians. He relished even less the thought of detonating the onboard tactical nuke. Though the Ministry felt it was the surest way to eliminate all evidence of the craft’s existence, it wasn’t the way he wanted to write his epitaph.

      Besides, the Seven had yet to be tested in combat. This was her maiden combat excursion. This was as good a combat test as any.

      He donned the pilot’s helmet and activated the visor, going from darkness to brilliant amber hues in a flash. Targeting solutions popped up in the form of tiny squares connected by concentric lines. The gun mounts whined as the hydraulics tracked the various barrels left and right.

      He tapped his fingers against the controls impatiently as the mag-converters still showed only seventy percent. The craft was surrounded by concrete barriers, weapons crates and personnel shelters. Opening fire now would decimate the camp and possibly cost lives. He’d make a note for the developers: mag-converter warm-up sequence speed sub-optimal.

      A hiss of air preceded an explosion to his left that rocked the craft and temporarily blinded him through the infrared visor. He mentally recorded another note: infrared flash filter sub-optimal. His subconscious knew a shoulder rocket

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