Havoc

Informationen zum Autor Ann Aguirre is the author of several other popular series: Sirantha Jax ( Endgame, Aftermath, Grimspace ); Enclave ( Horde, Outpost, Enclave ); and Corine Solomon ( Agave Kiss, Blue Diablo, Devil's Punch, Shady Lady ). Perdition is the first book in The Dred Chronicles. Klappentext The Conglomerate’s most dangerous convicts have made the prison ship Perdition their home. And they will defend it…   Perdition is under siege. Mercenaries have boarded the station with orders to take control of the facility—and execute the prisoners. Their commander is offering full pardons to the first five inmates willing to help the mercs complete their mission.   Dresdemona “Dred” Devos hasn’t survived hard time just to surrender to the Conglomerate’s armored thugs. Leading a ragtag army of inmates, Dred and her champion, Jael, wage a bloody guerilla war of chaos and carnage against impossible odds. But no matter how dire the outlook, the Dread Queen never backs down… Leseprobe Acknowledgments 1 Laser fire spattered the rusty floor like neon rain. “What the hell—” Dred bit out, but there was no time for questions. In ten seconds, she was fighting for her life. Along with Jael, Tameron, and Martine, she had come to wait for the supply ship. They’d been alerted as usual by the flicker of power just before lights out, so they’d hauled ass to the neutral zone in Shantytown to wait for provisions. Instead of bots unloading crates and barrels, a full squadron of armed men stormed out. She dove for cover, shouting at her people to stay low. Why didn’t I bring the Peacemaker? But she hadn’t expected things to blow up like this. Some surprises couldn’t be foreseen. The smell of scorched metal filled the air as Shantytown prisoners ran amok amid the blasts. Most weren’t sane to begin with, and it had been over two months since any provisions arrived. If the population hadn’t been thinned so dramatically through the war with Priest and Grigor, Queensland would have already been on the verge of starvation, even with the hydroponics garden and the tetchy Kitchen-mate. Dred could only imagine how bad things were here, with no rules or safety, just the law of tooth and claw. Bodies dropped all around, and Dred crawled toward the corridor behind her. A few Shanty-men made it past the nose of the ship and attacked the helmeted squadron with ragged yellow nails and rusted bits of wall panel. Against full armor, they did no damage, and the soldiers picked them off with close-range shots. Their dying screams echoed in her head even as the assault gave her the necessary time to regroup. “Fall back!” she shouted. Martine snarled, but she could doubtless see how poor the odds were and how the Shanty-men were dying in droves. Along with Tam, she slid around the corner just behind Dred, while Jael covered their retreat. He swore as a shot sizzled against his back, but it didn’t stop him. With a snap glance over one shoulder, she checked on him; anyone else would be on the ground in shock. His jaw clenched, but he ran through the pain, dodging lightning bolts bouncing off the walls behind them. An inhuman-sounding voice crackled through the speakers on the helmet. “Let them go. We have plenty to clean up here first. We’ll get them eventually.” That’s what I’m worried about. Dred sprinted until they reached Queensland; she didn’t explain the rush to the sentries. Once she composed herself and discussed the situation with her advisors, she’d send Martine to update the rest of the men. Until then, they could wonder why there were no supplies. She beckoned Tam, Martine, and Jael to her quarters, where they were assured of privacy. She waited until the door closed behind them, then she secured the lock. I learned something from the clusterfuck with Wills.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Ann Aguirre
• Verlag: Ace Books
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 26.08.2014
• EAN: 9780425258125
• ISBN: 978-0-425-25812-5
• Seiten: 320
• Abmessung: 107 mm x 173 mm x 20 mm
• Serien: Dred Chronicles; The Dred Chronicles
• Thema: Belletristik > Science Fiction, Fantasy