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Earth, 2508 A.D. Humans have spread across the six arms of the Milky Way Galaxy. The Unified Authority controls Earth’s colonies with an iron fist and a powerful military—a military made up almost entirely of clones…

Private first-class Wayson Harris was raised in a U.A. orphanage among thousands of clones born and bred to be the ultimate soldiers. But Harris isn’t like the other Marines: he has a mind of his own. He figures he’s paying for that independent streak when his first assignment out of boot camp is the smallest Marine outpost in the whole U.A.

When a rogue general surfaces, the remote desert world Harris thought was a dead-end posting becomes anything but. Fighting off the general’s raid gains Harris a promotion. But it also brings him to the attention of some unfriendly U.A. leaders. They have their own plans for the military—plans Harris disrupts by his very existence. For in an army of clones, the one unforgivable sin is to be different…

About the Author

Steven L. Kent is the author of theRogue Cloneseries of Military Science Fiction novels as well asThe Ultimate History of Video Games.Born in California and raised in Hawaii, Kent served as a missionary for the LDS Church between the years of 1979 and 1981. During that time, he worked as a Spanish-speaking missionary serving migrant farm workers in southern Idaho.While Kent has a Bachelor’s degree in journalism and a Master’s degree in communications from Brigham Young University, he claims that his most important education came from life.He learned important lessons from working with farm laborers in Idaho. Later, from 1986 through 1988, Kent worked as a telemarketer sellingTV GuideandInc. Magazine. His years on the phone helped him develop an ear for dialog.In 1987, Kent reviewed the Stephen King novelsMiseryandThe Eyes of the Dragonfor theSeattle Times. A diehard Stephen King fan, Kent later admitted that he pitched the reviews to the Times so that he could afford to buy the books.In 1993, upon returning to Seattle after a five-year absence, Kent pitched a review of “virtual haunted houses” for the Halloween issue of theSeattle Times. He reviewed the gamesThe Seventh Guest,Alone in the Dark, andLegacy. Not only did this review land Kent three free PC games, it started him on a new career path.By the middle of 1994, when Kent found himself laid off from his job at a PR agency, he became a full-time freelance journalist. He wrote monthly pieces for theSeattle Timesalong with regular features and reviews forElectronic Games,CDRom Today,ComputerLife, andNautilusCD. In later years, he would write forAmerican Heritage,Parade,USA Today, theChicago Tribuneand many other publications. He wrote regular columns forMSNBC,Next Generation, theJapan Times, and theLos Angeles Times Syndicate.In 2000, Kent self-publishedThe First Quarter: A 25-year History of Video Games. That book was later purchased and re-published asThe Ultimate History of Video Gamesby the Prima, Three River Press, and Crown divisions of Random House.During his career as a games journalist, Kent wrote the entries on video games forEncartaand theEncyclopedia Americana. At the invitation of Senator Joseph Lieberman, Kent has spoken at the annual Report Card on Video Game Violence in Washington D.C.