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All Her Children Fought... [MultiFormat]
eBook by Tobias S. Buckell
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eBook Category: Science Fiction
eBook Description: When you fire something into space the cost of that launch is per pound. When you go to war with someone in space, you need to keep the cost down. So you use the smallest available pilot you can. A child.
eBook Publisher: Fictionwise.com, Published: Speculon, 2001
Fictionwise Release Date: September 2003
52 Reader Ratings:
Available eBook Formats [MultiFormat - What's this?]: eReader (PDB) [21 KB]
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Words: 1915
Reading time: 5-7 min.
Microsoft Reader (LIT) Format: Printing DISABLED, Read-Aloud ENABLED
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All Other formats: Printing DISABLED, Read-aloud DISABLED
 
Colonel Hodges drew Mia aside. Medals tinkled as the massive soldier leaned down to whisper in her ear. His breath tickled her ear.
"I wouldn't take the kid very far away from the house, sudden noises are liable to set him off." "I understand," Mia replied. The diminutive child had already been shown into the house. Unlike any average kid he did not succumb to curiosity and explore, or even look around, the house. He stood at the door waiting for orders. "Maybe you do," the colonel said. "I still do not understand why the psychologists think this is important..." Mia hissed between her teeth. "He's a child." The Colonel drew back from her, biceps sliding like pistons covered in cloth as he crossed his arms. "If you insist. I will be back in a week ... and I wish you a good day, ma'am." He stepped around the little waterfall and out through the gate. Mia waited until the roar of turbo-fans dwindled into the distance. She turned back to face the small boy. He really wasn't small, just contained. He sat on the porch step looking at her with dark expressionless eyes. "Colonel Hodges failed to give me your name."
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