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    The City in the Desert: a military adventure-science fiction short story
    The City in the Desert: a military adventure-science fiction short story
    The City in the Desert: a military adventure-science fiction short story
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    The City in the Desert: a military adventure-science fiction short story

    By S. E. Lee

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    Solarian Space Marines encounter a city on a desert planet that was supposed uninhabited. Their mission to survey the planet for a raw material colony is scrapped for staying alive in the face of threats from all directions. Will they succeed in keeping themselves one step ahead of an enemy bent on destroying them at all costs?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCrescere Publishing
    Release dateMar 24, 2011
    ISBN9781601650023
    The City in the Desert: a military adventure-science fiction short story
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    S. E. Lee

    S. E. Lee lives and writes in the USA.

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