Take the Shilling

They gave him a soldier's skills.

His war was still hell.

Tomas Neumann wants off his backwater planet and away from his suffocating mother. "Taking the shilling"-joining the Confederated Worlds Ground Force-promises escape, purpose, and the father figure he's never had.

The Confederated Worlds uploads combat training directly into his brain-decades of tactical knowledge in mere hours. He's the perfect soldier before he fires his first shot.

But no implant can prepare him for the reality of kil...