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    The War Collection
    The War Collection
    The War Collection
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    The War Collection

    By Kenneth Guthrie

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    Four stories about war. This collection contains two stories about the laziest soldier ever, Frank Miller, and his misadventures in Iraq and two stories about Jack and Sam and their experiences as snipers in world war 2. It's everything you need for your inner war junkie.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLunatic Ink Publishing
    Release dateAug 15, 2011
    ISBN9781466174979
    The War Collection
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    Kenneth Guthrie

    Kenneth Guthrie is a writer of sci-fi, fantasy and crime novels.Profile image credit: Vincent Gerbouin at Pexels.com

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      The War Collection - Kenneth Guthrie

      THE WAR COLLECTION

      Kenneth Guthrie

      Copyright 2011 Lunatic Ink Publishing

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      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Honor 1: Snipers

      Honor 2: Assault

      Hired 1: Body Counter

      Hired 2: Downgraded

      HONOR I: SNIPERS

      He pulled the trigger. There was a tense moment before the window cracked and the bullet...

      FIRING POINT

      Jack held the Lee Enfield No.4 rifle steady as his spotter whispered the range and wind direction to him. They had been tasked with taking out a high ranking Nazi officer who had an estate in the hinterland of Poland.

      The French army had just pulled out of Poland and Hitler was trying to sue for peace with the British. It didn't really matter to them. Jack and Sam were regular soldiers in the Queen's army and they did what they were told when they were told.

      He examined the target carefully. He was six foot nearly, tall for a German, and had brown mousey hair. Jack guessed he would have brown or blue eyes by his complexion. Not bad for a spy really.

      This man was one of Britain's better agents, but word on the street was that he had been found out and would be picked up soon by the German high command. The problem was that he knew that and was bargaining with the Germans rather than taking the risk of being caught during an extraction.

      This meant that Jack and Sam were on a time limit. At any time the deal could go through when the man in his scope decided to agree. He pulled the trigger.

      No round entered the cylinder today. They were just checking out the location for later when they would sneak within range and perform the kill.

      Sam looked at Jack. They both knew that today would be a difficult one. They would have to shoot outside of the range of the sentries and patrols that regularly rounded the estate.

      They snuck back into the small dug out they had created under a large bush. They were wearing their camouflage gear and would have looked like two small bushes moving in the wind if anyone had noticed them moving.

      Jack went in

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