Days of Burning, Days of Wrath

by Tom Kratman

  Velasquez, Manuel, Legate commanding Second Cohort, Second Tercio.

  Vicente, Arturo, Centurion, Cadet Rodrigues’ platoon leader.

  Villalobos, Legate commanding the Tercio la Virgen, in Santa Josefina.

  Wallace, Bethany, Junior enlisted aboard Spirit of Peace, dragooned into going down to defend Atlantis Base.

  Wallenstein, Marguerite, High admiral of the United Earth Peace Fleet, a fleet of observation in orbit above the Planet of Terra Nova. She acquired her position largely through the actions and intervention of Patricio Carrera. The high admiral is of the Reformed Druidic Faith, repentant for her previous (“and they were many, oh, many”) sins. Still, she has a duty to her home planet to keep the barbarians of Terra Nova from breaking into space and trashing her system of government, even though she detests that system. She has a plan for Terra Nova, too, though that has proven, to date, somewhat problematic of execution. Lover of Xingzhen, the empress of Xing Zhong Guo.

  Xingzhen,Empress of Xing Zhong Guo, or New Middle Kingdom. Real ruler of the Kingdom. Of indeterminate age but painfully beautiful. Rather despises most men. Lover of Marguerite Wallenstein.

  ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

  in no particular order:

  Yoli and Toni who, in their different ways, put up with me, Steve Saintonge, TBR (the Kriegsmarine contingent of the bar), Ori Pomerantz, James Lane, Jack Withrow, Tom Wallis, Thomas Mandell, Krenn, Jasper Paulsen, Matt Pethybridge, Conrad Chu, John Becker, Patrick Horne, Sam Swindell, David Rowberry, Tom Brophy, ARRSE (even if they don’t know it), Bill Crenshaw, Andy and Fehrenbach at old Cambrai-Fritsch Kaserne, Dan Neely, T2M, Henrik Kiertzner, Greg Dougherty, Keith Glass, Leonid Panfil, Ernest Paxton, Chris Bagnall, Jean-Louis Beaufils, Chadd Newman, Jeremy Levitt, Bruce Cook, Sheinkin, Jasper Paulson, Keith Wilds, Charles Krin, Mark Bjertnes, Alex Shishkin, Larry Fry, Robert Hofrichter, Jim Braiden, Nat Proctor, Ned Brickley, Joel Salomon, John Biltz, Seamus Curran, Tommie Williams, Emeye, DanielRH, Tom Lindell, Arun Prabhu, Owen Baker, Jacob Tito, Peter Gold, Nigel the Kiwi, Joseph Turner, Dan Kemp, Robespierre, Jon LaForce, John Prigent, Phillip “Doc” Wohlrab, Chris Nuttall, Brian Carbin, Joseph Capdepon II, Mike Watson, Michal Swierczek, Harry Russell, James Gemind, Mike May, Guy Wheelock, Paul Arnold, Andrew Stocker, Nomad the Turk, Paul 11, Geoff Withnell, Joe Bond, Rod Graves, Mike Sayer, Jeff Wilkes, Bob Allaband, John Jordan, Wade Harlow, Michele Chini, Jason Hobbs, Jim Curtis, Bob Oberlender, Darwin Concon, Dave Cleric, John Hoare, Paul Ashton, Scott Joseph, KC Ezell, and Justin Watson.

  And finally, Modean Moon, who has edited almost all of these books and is worth rather more than her weight in gold.