The Immortals: Kronis Valley: Symphony of War

By David Adams

Victory or death. The oldest warrior's creed in the galaxy. What about those in the middle?

In the dying days of a war against the savage Earthborn, Nicholas Caddy is blasted within an inch of death; his welcome parade is a hospital ward, his sins greater than the killing, the scars on his flesh secondary to the ones in his mind. His homeworld celebrates around him as his life falls apart piece by piece.

They say the greatest battles are fought within the self.

What happens if you lose?

Part one of The Immortals series set in the Universe of War, sixteen years before the events of Symphony of War: The Polema Campaign.

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Novels:

Symphony of War: The Polema Campaign
Symphony of War: The Eris Campaign (coming soon!)

Short stories:

Demon and Emily
The Immortals: Kronis Valley
The Immortals: Anchorage
The Immortals: Southport (coming soon!)

• Language: English
• Publisher: David Adams
• Release date: Jun 18, 2016
• ISBN: 9781386031192

David Adams

David Adams served as an Officer in the Australian Army Reserve, trained alongside United States Marines Corps and Special Air Services SAS personnel, and served in the A.D.F as a Platoon Commander of Military Police. He has worked alongside Queensland Police Officers and held investigative roles with The Commission for Children and Child Safety.

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The Immortals: Kronis Valley by David Adams

Copyright David Adams

2015

The Immortals: Kronis Valley

A short story set in the universe of Symphony of War

If you expect the world to be fair to you because you are fair, you are fooling yourself.

That’s like expecting the lion not to eat you because you didn’t eat him.

— Ancient Eris Proverb

Victory or death. The oldest warrior’s creed in the galaxy. What about those in the middle?

In the dying days of a war against the savage Earthborn, Nicholas Caddy is blasted within an inch of death; his welcome parade is a hospital ward, his sins greater than the killing, the scars on his flesh secondary to the ones in his mind. His homeworld celebrates around him as his life falls apart piece by piece.

They say the greatest battles are fought within the self.

What happens if you lose?

Part one of The Immortals series set in the Universe of War, sixteen years before the events of Symphony of War: The Polema Campaign.

Books by David Adams

The Lacuna series (science fiction)

Lacuna

The Sands of Karathi

The Spectre of Oblivion

The Ashes of Humanity

The Prelude to Eternity

The Requiem of Steel

Magnet

Magnet: Special Mission

Magnet: Marauder

Magnet: Scarecrow

Magnet Saves Christmas

Magnet: Ironheart (coming soon)

Faith

Imperfect

The Kobolds series (fantasy)

Ren of Atikala

The Scars of Northaven

The Empire of Dust

The Pariahs

The Pariahs: Freelands

The Pariahs: Elfholme

The Pariahs: The Abyss (coming soon)

Sacrifice

The Symphony of War series (science fiction)

Symphony of War: The Polema Campaign

Symphony of War: The Eris Campaign (coming soon)

Demon and Emily

The Immortals: Kronis Valley

The Immortals: Anchorage

The Immortals: Southport

The Immortals: New Panama

Other Books

Insufficient

Insurrection

Injustice

Who Will Save Supergirl?

Evelyn’s Locket

First published in The Galaxy Chronicles (2015), compiled by Samuel Peralta.

KRONIS VALLEY

Kronis Valley

40 miles from New Panama

World of Polema

December 11th

2227 AD

Sixteen years before the events of Symphony of War: The Polema Campaign and the Myriad invasion

When I think back to ancient Earth, I think about every terrible thing that happened before humanity travelled to the stars. All the wars we ever fought. All the violence. The hate. The petty squabbles over meaningless ideological differences, for resources, or for power. Or for even stupider reasons.

INCOMING!

We hadn’t changed a bit.

An Earthborn missile hit our bunker with the howl of an angry ghost. Private Latika Sandhya grabbed my shoulder and pulled me down as concrete dust rained around us. I grabbed my tac-helm, pulling it tight over my head. Small chunks of fallen ceiling plinked off. All around me, worried faces stared upward, praying the ceiling would not collapse.

The Immortals was just a name. We were flesh and blood. Humans.

You okay, Caddy? Sandhya snapped her bronze fingers in front of my face. Hey!

Maybe I’d been staring too long. I looked across, right into those dark brown eyes of hers. I smiled. She smiled back.

I’m fine, I said, letting go of