“A soldier’s home is where those he protects reside. His trench is dug around the farmer’s field and his hard bed, the miller’s stone. From dusk till dawn he breaths hurt and sweats rue, so that those who toil behind him, do not. Every drop of blood and star-second of life he gifts are seeds of future peace.” Velin the Lothorian, from the Starshatter novella The Rifle's Song. #starshatter #scifi #indieauthors #indiebooks #swordandrailgun https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BM463SYB