Hilt’s brain registered only four details about the men that were important. First, the man to his right was holding a sophisticated military shotgun....
“And do you think the Alpha is actually sane still? Do you think any of the Messengers went through contact without being irrevocably changed?” ...
“Across all of Japan, The Samurai sought his prey. This Ronin, this masterless cur who threated the security of the very Empire with his...