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Book: The Heart of Valor
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  1. Tanya Huff _ The Heart of Valor

    You make it sound so simple." "Well, it's war; it's not rocket science." Then the memory of what had once been accomplished by three Marines with a surface-to-air missile launcher, a game chip, and the guts from a field kitchen twisted her mouth into a grin. "Usually," she repeated.
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  2. Tanya Huff _ The Heart of Valor

    Mind you," he continued, "with this particular high ground what's likely to be said is, 'Help, I'm falling.
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  3. Tanya Huff _ The Heart of Valor

    Sometimes the gods smile," he grunted. "Yes, sir." And sometimes they kick you over and stomp you flat.
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  4. Tanya Huff _ The Heart of Valor

    Is this what it's like all the time?" Being covered in someone else's blood trying to juryrig a solution before artillery blows us to hell? The silent corollary was almost louder than the actual question. Torin raised an eyebrow and snorted. "Of course not. Sometimes it gets exciting.
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  5. Tanya Huff _ The Heart of Valor

    Does the military even have a position between going all out and casualty?" Dr. Sloan wondered-her thoughts apparently having been following the same paths."Yes, ma'am. We in the Corps refer to that position as being in the Navy.
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  6. Tanya Huff _ The Heart of Valor

    While it was a truism throughout most of known space that the shortest distance between two points was a straight line, it was equally true as far as the Corps was concerned that the shortest distance between two points had probably been mined.
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  7. Tanya Huff _ The Heart of Valor

    Good afternoon, Gunnery Sargent." "Any ideas…?" Dr. Sloan turned slowly and stared up at Torren through narrowed eyes. "About what?" "I'm sorry had you not noticed the birds?" "Oh, ha!" Arms folded she resumed staring to the west. "I'm not doing anything. They just keep coming back." "Maybe your jacket is…" "…Is what? Stuffed with bird seed? Emitting matting coos on a frequency only these birds can hear? Looks like their big blue mother? You're so good at getting various and varying species to do what say, you tell them to shoo." "Shoo?" "Fine, pick a tougher word." No longer trying to hide her smile, Torren leaned slightly forwards and said, "Scram." The birds took off almost as one bird, their wings chopping at the air.
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  8. Tanya Huff _ The Heart of Valor

    If she lost it, the whole house of cards could come tumbling down. Fortunately, she had no intention of losing it; it would take too damned long to find it again, and she didn't have that kind of time.
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