Carl hardly heard him scream. One fusillade, then the sounds of a grisly feast. They’d had the marines there in minutes, but all they found of Steve was a stain on the carpet and what was left inside two

Colonel Manuel Esposito popped the seal on the coffin-sized crate, bouncing on the balls of his feet in his eagerness. He didn't get Christmas presents from the Army often, and he could hardly wait to

The drones slaughtered the defenseless Rhesus monkeys in a hail of automatic gunfire. The sudden roar of the volley deafened Faron and silenced their terrified shrieks. Corpses still writhed, bleeding