Space Warrior AD 60,400.111103

By John Leader

This is Book III, Find the second figure on the cover if you can. Space Warrior: Peter Blunt enforcer for hire. The Six Short Stories are: 1.) Clandestine Women, 2.) Diamonds for Dust, 3.) Gold Isotope, 4.) Jewels for a Queen, 5.) Medical Nano Chips, 6.) Persistent Criminals
Peter Blunt policed for profit. Government control of policing lost out. Private business had overtaken and won the job of enforcing civil law. Contract work for law enforcers lasted six months, max. No job security, pension, or health care to argue about. The government, the protectors of the people, had given the job of policing and enforcing civil law to the civilian creeps, the profit makers.
The old timers in the ranks saw it coming. Everyone efforts, including the union’s, fell flat. In his favor, Peter Blunt figured the corporations and company businesses did pay for all equipment and supplies needed for the job.
The catch, live to collect, die, and you got squat. A crusty, dirty, business, dangerous for sure, but that’s why he selected assignment, those that provided the high risk pay.
Most of the guys who started with Peter Blunt were dead. The long stretched corridor he cruised stood as a reminder of other enforcers gone before him. Some people preferred to call the policing or enforcing men space warriors. Laws changed from civilized planet to civilized planet. Maybe a desk job? Heart attack, ulcers, or stroke, they were no worse than a ripped throat from a sneak attack. No, Peter Blunt figured, death from direct weapons fire seemed a better way to travel. Peter Blunt stepped square, shrugged his shoulders, his facial expression clicked. He knew that human life follows its own cycle. Enforcement burned and boiled in his blood. He knew it and did it well. His name carried weight and his skills were prized in the wide open economic market and universe of profit and life. Many people saw enforcer as Space Warriors.

• Language: English
• Publisher: John Leader
• Release date: May 23, 2013
• ISBN: 9781301981502

John Leader

John Leader enjoys writing science fiction, his first choice. He writes horror just as well. He works using commercial arts techniques and creates his own book covers. His science fiction stories take on action adventure themes.He reads general and technical magazines and books when he can find good materials.He is a part time martial arts practitioner and is familiar with a variety of defense systems.

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Space Warrior 60,400.111103

Book II

Copyright 2013 by John Leader

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Space Warrior 60,400.111103

Prologue

Peter Blunt policed for profit. Government control of policing lost out. Private business had overtaken and won the job of enforcing civil law. Contract work for law enforcers lasted six months, max. No job security, pension, or health care to argue about. The government, the protectors of the people, had given the job of policing and enforcing civil law to the civilian creeps, the profit makers.

The old timers in the ranks saw it coming. Everyone, including union

effort’s fell flat. In his favor, Peter Blunt figured the corporations and company businesses did pay for all equipment and supplies needed for the job.

The catch, live to collect, die, and you got squat. A crusty, dirty, business, dangerous for sure, but that’s why he selected assignment, those that provided the high risk pay.

Most of the guys who started with Peter Blunt were dead. The long stretched corridor he cruised stood as a reminder of other enforcers gone before him. Some people preferred to call the policing or enforcing men space warriors. Laws changed from civilized planet to civilized planet. Maybe a desk job? Heart attack, ulcers, or stroke, they were no worse than a ripped throat from a sneak attack. No, Peter Blunt figured, death from direct weapons fire seemed a better way to travel. Peter Blunt stepped square, shrugged his shoulders, his facial expression clicked. He knew that human life follows its own cycle. Enforcement burned and boiled in his blood. He knew it and did it well. His name carried weight and his skills were prized in the wide open economic market and universe of profit and life.

Space Warrior 60,400.111103

Short Stories

Clandestine Women

Diamonds for Dust

Gold Isotope

Jewels for a Queen

Medical Nano Chips

Persistent Criminals

Space Warrior

By

John Leader

Clandestine Women

Please sit down Mr. Blunt. The majority owner and top executive pointed to a comfortable red chair in front of him and facing the middle desk, one of on three.

The reason we called you in, Mr. Blunt, is simple. Our corporation has a problem, Peter Blunt waited for the details. "We produce most of the hardware for this section of space for military class ships. Lately, some of our military class proprietary chips design, that is, inventory ready to produce chips have been showing up in