Lines of Departure (Frontlines, #2)

by Marko Kloos

You never told me about drop pods and nuclear weapons.” “That’s ‘need to know,’ Mom. And you didn’t need to know.”

In truth, warfare has changed very little since our great-great-grandfathers killed each other at places like Gettysburg, the Somme, Normandy, or Baghdad. It’s still mostly about scared men with rifles charging into places defended by other scared men with rifles.

Humans are hardy, Andrew. They’ll do whatever they can to keep on living, no matter how shitty life gets.

“That’s why I hate positions of authority. Everyone always bugs the shit out of you.”

“If our time is up, at least we’ll be dying in fresh air,” I say. “With rifles in our hands and a hearty ‘fuck you’ on our lips.”