Final Mission

Description

Randhir, a former Imperial Ghurka, is ready to enjoy his retirement living with his son’s family when the planet is invaded by the Didacs. Disabled from his years in service, he decides to hide out in the basement of his son’s restaurant so as not to slow down his family during the evacuation of the city . . . but that was until his 13-year-old grandson sneaks back to join him. When Sun Fleet mercenaries augmenting the Didac troops start rampaging in a storm of destruction, can Randhir hold back from answering the trumpets of war? And even if he wants to fight, what can an unarmed, elderly ex-soldier and a young boy do against well-armed marauders? NOTE: this is a novelette at 7,800 words, not a full-length novel.