The Last Spartan 1: Different Paths
by A. E. McCullough
IN THE YEAR 2212, IAIDO ‘ACHILLES’ SPARTAN IS A HUNTER OF MEN.As a former Spec-Ops warrior, Spartan has found that the skills given to him by the Coalition government are well suited to his new occupation. Upon returning to Terran space after retrieving a lucrative bounty, Spartan finds that one of his oldest friends has been murdered. Vowing to track down the killer, he soon becomes the unwilling pawn in an interstellar power struggle between two old rivals, his former Omega Squadron Commander and the President of the Coalition. When Spartan gets framed for a murder he didn’t commit and the daughter of his murdered friend gets kidnapped, he is forced to flee Earth with a small group of friends and hunt down his old commander. But the Major has plans of his own and they include death, destruction and chaos. Unknown to all, an ancient evil has awakened and has plans of its own for mankind and their Sylvan allies. Are the skills Iaido ‘Achilles’ Spartan gained over the years enough to save the day and clear his name?