Distant Horizon (Backyard Starship, #6)

by J.N. Chaney

“I’m going to quote one of my old instructors from my Army days, Master Sergeant Byron Toews. He used to say ‘tough shit, sunshine. Suck it up.’”

Ain’t nobody in the universe that can cuss like a mechanic trying to yank a stripped bolt.”

“I prefer to give you this opportunity for personal growth without managerial interference.” I narrowed my eyes at Perry. “Bird, where did you learn corporate-speak? You know, the kind that says very little and protects your ass?”

I’ve become so fixated on doing the correct thing that I’ve let myself lose sight of doing the right thing.”