Golden Ticket

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What do you do when facing a bleak future cleaning up after tourists when your heart yearns for adventure? When mercenary recruiters arrive on Danube—particularly when one of them is with Cartwright’s Cavaliers—Winston Loud sees his chance to break free, to become one of an elite unit and gaining the respect he’s never received. But out of shape, and more importantly, underage, he’s rejected out-of-hand. Physical prowess may be necessary to becoming a mercenary, but mental toughness and moral strength are more important. Winston is angry at being rebuffed, but when he is faced with a decision, one that could place himself in peril, does he have it in him to act? Download Golden Ticket now! Note: this novelette was originally published in the Hope is Not a Strategy anthology with all the stories taking place in the Four Horsemen universe.