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    Golden Shrapnel
    Golden Shrapnel
    Golden Shrapnel
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    Golden Shrapnel

    By Pako Valor

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    Episode 2: On a snowy planet, a greedy space pirate struggles to save her crew and treasure from a psychopathic alien woman, who's obsessed with obliterating her victims with explosives.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPako Valor
    Release dateApr 11, 2018
    ISBN9781370698738
    Golden Shrapnel
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    Pako Valor

    Pako Valor is an artist and novelist, graduate of San Antonio College with an Associate of Fine Art degree in Arts and is currently earning his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Creating Writing from Full Sail University. As a storyteller, he writes about crime, war, or sci-fi. Pako published his first crime novel Superiority, and is including paintings of the characters from his stories. In his spare time, he’s either walking his dog, Nacho, or eating tacos at a restaurant. You can visit him at: https://www.facebook.com/artistpako

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      Golden Shrapnel - Pako Valor

      Golden Shrapnel

      By Pako Valor

      Copyright © Pako Valor 2018

      All Rights Reserved

      First Smashwords Edition

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      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to your favorite ebook retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual person, living or dead, business establishment, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

      Table of Contents

      Title page

      Copyright Page

      Table of Contents

      Dynamite Sheep

      The Blasted Pirates

      A Pirate's Nightmare

      About the Author

      Other Books

      Chapter 1: Dynamite Sheep

      The bulky guards, dressed in black tactile gear with skull masks, moved their fingers close to their triggers. They stood on the snow near a spaceship as the cold wind flapped their clothing. A few small rectangular buildings were by the snowy hills, and some cargo boxes were around them. An alien merchant named Robby stepped outside the buildings and walked toward the spaceship.

      A gray alien named Vile, who wore robotic armor, carried a suitcase next to the guards. As they walked from his spaceship, a

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