The Carrera saga continues with entry number five, and the sequel to
Amazon Legion. Carrera. Relentless. Machiavellian. Without
compunction. Victorious. Pity his enemies. Be thankful he is on the side
of freedom from totalitarian domination. On the colony planet of Terra
Nova, soldier turned political leader Carrera has achieved his revenge,
destroying those who killed his wife and children in a terrorist strike,
and helping to establish a free country. But Carrera's fight is not
over. War with the Tauran Union is inevitable. Carrera has been
preparing his new country for this all-out conflict for years, intending
to drive out the last vestige of foreign imperialism in Balboa, the
Tauran Union Security Force. He doesn't care that he's outnumbered 100
to one. He doesn't care that the Taurans are 1,000 times wealthier. A
true Machiavellian, Carrera is convinced that gold cannot always find
good soldiers, but that good soldiers can always find gold. After all,
his good soldiers have already found quite a bit. Moreover, he's been
preparing for the war he intends to start and fight on his own terms,
while the TU has been preparing for a progressive fantasy. But then his
own government calls a halt even as the commander of the United Earth
Peace Fleet, High Admiral Marguerite Wallenstein, injects a dose of
realism and spine into the Tauran Union. Any other government, giving
similar orders, Carrera would overthrow without hesitation. But this is
his own creation; he must follow these orders. But the Taurans are
provoking Balboa mercilessly, and Carrera knows that sooner or later, he
must fight--only now the task will be more difficult and more bloody. No
matter. When that time comes, Carerra knows he will do whatever it takes
to win. He is, after all, Carrera.
