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    But As a Soldier, for His Country
    But As a Soldier, for His Country
    But As a Soldier, for His Country
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    But As a Soldier, for His Country

    By Stephen Goldin

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    Harker was a good soldier--so good that the Army kept resurrecting him to fight its wars forever and ever into the future, with no hope of ever getting free.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherParsina Press
    Release dateMar 10, 2010
    ISBN9781452402284
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      But As a Soldier, for His Country - Stephen Goldin

      BUT AS A SOLDIER, FOR HIS COUNTRY

      by Stephen Goldin

      Published by Parsina Press at Smashwords

      Copyright © 1974 by Stephen Goldin. All Rights Reserved.

      Cover image copyright © by Gabilungu

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      Thank you for downloading this ebook. This book remains the copyrighted property of the author, and may not be redistributed to others for commercial or non-commercial purposes. If you enjoyed this book, please encourage your friends to download their own copy from their favorite authorized retailer. Thank you for your support.

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      BUT AS A SOLDIER, FOR HIS COUNTRY

      Harker awoke to dim lighting, to panic all around him. Fast, busy footsteps clacked down bunker corridors, scurrying to no visible result and no possible accomplishment. It was wartime. Naturally.

      He was in the spacesuit he had worn last time, which meant that either this war was soon after that last one or else there had been no great improvements in spacesuits over the interval between. It fit him tightly, with an all–but–invisible bubble helmet close around his head. There was no need for oxygen tanks as there had been on the early models; somehow—the technology was beyond him—air was transmuted within the suit, allowing him to breathe.

      There was a belt of diverse weapons around his waist. He knew instinctively how to use each of them.

      A voice in front of him, the eternal sergeant, a role that persisted though its portrayers came and went. "Not much time for

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