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    The Prequel: Black Talon
    The Prequel: Black Talon
    The Prequel: Black Talon
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    The Prequel: Black Talon

    By Chris Winder

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    The JR Handley didn't crew itself. Just like any typical, prototype ship, it had to rely on its captain to get the job done. Unfortunately, it's captain was Ben Snyder, who had no idea what he was doing.

    Have you been wondering how Liam and Helga met Ben Snyder? Read these two short stories and find out!

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChris Winder Books
    Release dateMay 27, 2019
    ISBN9781393212041
    The Prequel: Black Talon
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    Chris Winder

    Chris Winder is a Science Fiction author, former United States Marine, husband, and father. His stories include Space Trash, a comic science fiction novel, Breach Team, a space Marine novel (co-written with best-selling author JR Handley), What Really Matters, a story told in the Four Horsemen Universe of Chris Kennedy Publishing, and more. Chris Winder lives in northern Arizona where he enjoys the peace and quiet of rural living along with his wife, youngest child, elderly dog, and two obnoxious but adorable cats.

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      The Prequel - Chris Winder

      Helga

      Ben Snyder chewed a fingernail and watched the long, narrow corridor which lead to the space station’s main decks. She was ten minutes late already — not a good first impression.

      She’s good? Liam asked, his ginger eyebrows furrowed in concern.

      Ben shrugged. Does it matter? She knows more than both of us put together.

      Not a big accomplishment, Liam said. Is that her?

      Ben was fairly certain the person he saw approaching was a woman. The few other people occupying the corridor stepped, spun, and dove out of her way like she was a runaway steamroller. Ben didn’t blame them. She was huge, hairy, and reminded him of some of the ancient wrestling videos he loved watching from the twentieth century. Back when people knew how to make tight costumes look good, and entertainment mattered. She’d wrapped her hair in a severe bun so tight it turned her forehead into a fivehead.

      The woman stopped and peered down her nose at the men, who looked up hers. Ben was surprised to discover the woman’s mustache hair wasn’t all growing from her top lip.

      I am Helga, she said.

      Definitely a girl,

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