Generals Help Themselves

By M. C. Pease

With no one to help him, it seemed the General was lost. But the enemy was soon to discover that—

• Language: English
• Publisher: Start Classics
• Release date: Jun 20, 2014
• ISBN: 9781633554153

Book preview

Generals Help Themselves

By M. C. Pease

Start Publishing LLC

Copyright © 2012 by Start Publishing LLC

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever.

First Start Publishing eBook edition October 2012

Start Publishing is a registered trademark of Start Publishing LLC

Manufactured in the United States of America

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

ISBN 978-1-63355-415-3

With no one to help him, it seemed the General was lost. But the enemy was soon to discover that--

Did it go well? the aide asked.

The admiral, affectionately known as the Old Man, did not reply until he'd closed the door, crossed the room, and dropped into the chair at his desk. Then he said:

Go well? It did not go at all. Every blasted one of them, from the President on down, can think of nothing but the way the Combine over-ran Venus. When I mention P-boats, they shout that the Venusians depended on P-boats, too, and got smashed by the Combine's dreadnoughts in one battle. 'You can't argue with it, man,' they tell me. And they won't listen.

"But the