The job was supposed to be simple; drop off the small squad of Space Marines, wait for them to check up on the outpost, and head back home. Airman Douglas found the reality to be much more unsettling; shortly after landing, the shuttle vanished, leaving them stranded with no sign of the outpost, and with the paranoid and ruthless Sergeant Renquist in charge, things were bound to get much worse.
What a puzzling book this is. In many ways it is a good little read, but unfortunately it has a part in it that makes you go "What the f*ck happened". Okay, perhaps it's me, perhaps I missed something, but I don't think so.
The characters could do with a bit of beefing up, as they were classic stereotypes: The barking, careless sergeant, the butch woman, etc, etc, but there was a unusual story that could, given a chance, have turned into a good one. Regrettably, that chance was smothered at birth.
Mr Towers you need to keep trying. You have potential, don't waste it, develop it properly.