The Legionnaires

Боевая фантастика, Малые литературные формы прозы

Автор: McCarthy T. C.

Язык: английский

Год: 2011

Издатель: Orbit

ISBN: 978-0-316-19116-6

Город: New York

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Аннотация

In this short story by T.C. McCarthy, one ordinary woman with nothing to lose joins the French Foreign Legion and finds herself, and her comrades, pinned down in a bunker surrounded by enemies. Thousands of the mantis-like creatures swarm towards them and with no communications and little ammo, survival is a desperate hope. She is a volunteer and a soldier, and to save herself, her squad, and the refugees they defend, she must remember the life she left behind.
Word count: ~ 14,000
Review

McCarthy brilliantly weaves together the interlocked plots of past and present… creates gripping characters in strange but relatable circumstances… does a brilliant job of storytelling. A writer to watch, without doubt.
—Digital Science Fiction