Iron Drive

By Jonathan Moeller

Innocents suffer when the Shadowlands stir.

Nadia MacCormac is the Marshal of the Great Gate, defending humanity and Elves from the creatures of the Shadowlands.

But when orcish raiders emerge from the Shadowlands, everyday men and women must take up weapons to fight for their lives...

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jonathan Moeller
• Release date: Apr 29, 2023
• ISBN: 9798215314173

Jonathan Moeller

Standing over six feet tall, Jonathan Moeller has the piercing blue eyes of a Conan of Cimmeria, the bronze-colored hair of a Visigothic warrior-king, and the stern visage of a captain of men, none of which are useful in his career as a computer repairman, alas.He has written the "Demonsouled" trilogy of sword-and-sorcery novels, and continues to write the "Ghosts" sequence about assassin and spy Caina Amalas, the "$0.99 Beginner's Guide" series of computer books, and numerous other works.Visit his website at:http://www.jonathanmoeller.comVisit his technology blog at:http://www.jonathanmoeller.com/screed

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IRON DRIVE

Jonathan Moeller

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Innocents suffer when the Shadowlands stir.

Nadia MacCormac is the Marshal of the Great Gate, defending humanity and Elves from the creatures of the Shadowlands.

But when orcish raiders emerge from the Shadowlands, everyday men and women must take up weapons to fight for their lives…

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Iron Drive

Copyright 2023 by Jonathan Moeller.

Smashwords Edition.

Cover design by Jonathan Moeller.

Ebook edition published May 2023.

All Rights Reserved.

This novel is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author's imagination, or, if real, used fictitiously. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the express written permission of the author or publisher, except where permitted by law.

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Iron Drive

I’m going to tell you about the time I won a bet and met the Marshal of the Great Gate.

Okay, first things first.

My name’s Casimir Volansko, and for the last thirty years, I’ve been a trucker. I’ve driven on every interstate, most of the state highways, and forty-nine of the fifty states. I did go to Hawaii one time, but that was a trip Mel and I took for our twentieth anniversary.

How’d I get into trucking? That’s a funny story. When I was eighteen, I became a man-at-arms in the forces of Duke Tamirlas of Milwaukee, like all eighteen-year-old men are supposed to do. Did boot camp and then two years as infantry.

Saw some spooky things in the Shadowlands, and I definitely never want to go back, let me tell you.

Anyway, when you’re a man-at-arms, you’re also supposed to learn a skill. That way, if you re-enlist after your mandatory six years, you