Don't Shoot the Engineer!
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Last published Mon, May 5, 2025
A cerebral, morally complex book, with (hopefully) realistic characters that try their best in the world granted to them. Incorporating light engineering concepts, heavy thinking, and strategy into combat and day-to-day interactions, this is a book I couldn't find on the shelves, so I'm trying to make it. As we move along, we follow the retired Lieutenant Colonel Cohen, a deep-thinking and surprisingly rambunctious engineer called back onto the field for a new chance. Given a new team, a spacecraft, and an outdated exoskeleton, Cohen's been given a new role in life - that of a state-sanctioned bounty hunter with little ties to any superiors, a valued expendable. And many problems await.
The story is still in development, but feel free to read it as I work! It's relatively clean, with some cursing. However, there will be blood, violence, and gore, so watch out for that.
I should be updating this weekly, probably during the weekends, but if I don't, feel free to annoy me in the comment section until I upload.
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