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    Episode 9: Regret's Assassin
    Episode 9: Regret's Assassin
    Episode 9: Regret's Assassin
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    Episode 9: Regret's Assassin

    By Leigh Barker

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    Soldiers - Season 1: Episode 9: Regret's Assassin. A Bitesize 1-hour read.

    Regret has destroyed Schiller's train and Big Bertha is stranded. A sitting duck.

    It’s his mission to destroy the gun before it can drop its 1000 lb shells on the British army. All he has to do is get past the 400 infantry and artillerymen guarding it.

    Schiller has finally dropped his delusions of chivalry and honour and is determined to rid himself of the nuisance Britisher once and for all.

    And sends for a friend to do the job.

    And that friend has never failed.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLeigh Barker
    Release dateMar 5, 2016
    ISBN9781311832016
    Episode 9: Regret's Assassin
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    Leigh Barker

    Leigh was born in Dudley in the middle of England. He has been a merchant seaman, a (useless) electronics salesman, a programmer, and a business analyst. And now he is a full-time writer, but that doesn't make him a bad person.He is presently writing 4 series:Clan, following the adventures of Calum Maclean as he tries to avoid the Bonnie Prince but still protect his beloved Highlands.The Hellfire Legacy Series follows US Marine Master Sergeant Ethan Gill and his team as they take on the jobs too hot for other special forces. They go where they're sent; South America, Middle East, Korea, but their most dangerous missions are on US soil.Volume #1: A Whisper of ArmageddonVolume #2: The Hellfire LegacyVolume #3: The Orpheus DirectiveEden, a three-volume series -Trinity is at war with Lucid, the son of Lucifer, and he will do whatever it takes to win. The Archangel Gabriel has an army but he needs more. He needs heroes, but they are few and far between. Which is why he gets Dylan and co. Not too much luck in Heaven then.Volume #1: Eden's Last HeroVolume #2: WinterwoodVolume #3: Requiem for Eden.Soldiers is set in 1914 and follows John Regret and his 12-man squad on their suicidal mission to find and destroy the German howitzer nicknamed Big Bertha. Find it before it drops it's thousand-pound shells on the allied army retreating across France. A seemingly hopeless mission that just cannot fail.Other occasional series include:Anarchy, the 'completely true' stories of men doing what men do when there's nobody to keep them in check. Create mayhem and behave like monkeys on speed.Coffee Break Reads - each issue has 5 stories short enough to read while taking a break from life. A mix of adventure, love, disaster, and fun. All with one thing in common; for a moment they transport the reader to another world.Episode 1 of each Season is free and can be picked up with other free books at:https://leighwbarker.com/my-library/Just copy the link above and paste it into your browser and you're there...

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      Episode 9 - Leigh Barker

      Soldiers

      (Episode 9)

      Regret's Assassin

      Copyright 2016 Leigh Barker

      Published by Leigh Barker at Smashwords

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      ISBN: 9781311832016

      Regret’s Assassin

      Chalky cut up through the trees, slipping on the thin soil and tripping over the tree roots. He grabbed a branch to stop sliding right back down to the trail, and the approaching Germans, and wondered if volunteering for this had been such a good idea. Bit late for that. What was it he was supposed to remember about volunteering?

      He pulled on a branch to start moving again and scrambled up the hill, and the first shots smacked into the trees around him. Never volunteer. That was it, never volunteer. Also a bit late for that.

      He reached a narrow ridge running across the face of the hill and took a second to look back down at the wide firebreak almost blocked by infantry all intent on shooting holes in him, and started moving again before they got the angle worked out.

      Running along the ridge was easier going, and he started to get ahead of the soldiers climbing the hill, but not the mass of grey down on the trail. They were keeping up with him easily, with plenty of time to fire up through the trees, but luckily the tree trunks were stopping most of the rounds, or he’d be taking a long rest.

      Good thing, though, they were following him not the lads. So that part of the plan had worked. A bullet passed his cheek with an inch to spare. Yeah, that worked really well. He cut left and zigzagged up the hill, switching right again just before the top of the ridge. The top was cleared of trees and would be easier going, but right then trees were his friend.

      He picked up the pace, jumped a pile of rocks, then a stack of cut trees and skidded to a halt. A yard in front of his boots was a sheer drop to the river. A hundred feet of shale and rocks, then the dark water.

      The sound of the enemy following along the ridge grew louder, so going back wasn’t an option. He leaned forward and looked down, then took a step back. Nobody could survive that. Probably. And there he had it. Staying put was certain death as soon as the Germans arrived. Jumping would only probably kill him. It was an easy choice. In his head. He leaned forward again. A long, long way down. And he couldn’t swim, but he dismissed that as irrelevant.

      He looked at his rifle, and at the drop, then leaned it carefully against the cut trees. The Germans were getting closer, and it was a really good rifle. He picked it up and tossed it over the edge. It took a long time to hit the river.

      Time to go. He stepped up to the edge, looked back over his shoulder and saw the first soldiers stumbling into view. They saw him and stopped, and some sort of race started to see who would be first to shoot him, though it would likely be a dead heat.

      He jumped and was glad none of the lads were about to hear him screaming the whole way down.

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