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When Hale Burch lost both his legs and an arm at the height of the West Battery War, he doubted if he’d even make it to rehab, much less back to the Service of the Lettered Systems he’d sworn to defend. But this new chapter in his life was destined to be far different from anything he’d bargained for. Alongside the galaxy’s most unlikely gang of compatriots, Burch was about to partake in missions he couldn’t possibly have fathomed.

Ocean’s Eleven meets John Scalzi in this funny, action-filled, stand-alone sci-fi adventure from the author of Planetside, in which a small team of misfit soldiers takes on a mission that could change the entire galaxy. Sergeant Gastovsky—Gas to everyone but his superior officers—never...

When Hale Burch returns from two hundred million years in the future, he and his companions have a clear mission: stop the dystopian future where humans become the docile pets of the technological races from coming into being. If they don’t succeed, all the progress humanity has made in advancing as an interstellar species will cease to matter. Now back in Burch’s time, they have a chance to defeat the technologicals who control the future before they ever have a chance to enslave humanity.

Blackberry Mint Lemonade. A simple fast-food treat, or the catalyst for societal collapse? Scottie Brentson doesn’t know. Yet that doesn’t stop him from trying the latest beverage craze El Rancho Burgers has to offer. It isn’t long before he regrets his choice. First assuming he suffers from an allergic reaction to the refreshment, he quickly discovers himself mutating into a pyrokinetic being. He isn’t alone. Other people develop super-strength, ice, parasitic telepathy, and magic, among other abilities. Not all these powers will benefit mankind.

It’s been a month since Scottie Brentson stopped his parents from conquering Greensville. In the aftermath of his battle against Jake and Fiona Brentson, Scottie moves to a lakefront property, only to encounter a never-before-seen mutant. With his mother presumably deceased, Scottie visits his dad in prison to ask about the new mutation. Yet the Brentson patriarch mocks Scottie and reveals a secret to his son, forcing Scottie to once again seek out the help of the Meta-Misfits, a group of fellow mutants dedicated to protecting Greensville from evil.