title: Slugs Forever!
author:  Marianne Schlegelmilch 
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zlib_text: The Slugs might not be able to see us.
  
  But so far we had certainly not seen them. "Switch to semi-auto. At least
  until they show themselves."
  
  Since we couldn't see them, our rifles went silent.
  
  My heart pounded in my ears.
  
  Cordite smoke fogged my vision.
  
  The fog swirled.
  
  The swirls resolved into solid objects.
  
  Black, armored shapes slid through the gloom toward us.
  
  _Boom-boom-boom!_
  
  I shuddered at the memory. Slug warriors on the attack beat their weapons
  against their armor, in unison; the sound still came to me in nightmares.
  
  Brumby whispered, "Hello again, you little bastards."
  
  PRAISE FOR _ORPHANAGE_
  
  "Fast [and] sharp, this future war tale rings with the authority of a writer
  who knows the Army from the inside out. Amid all the military sf, this one
  gets it clear, straight, and right."
  
  -- **GREGORY BENFORD, author of the Galactic Center series**
  
  "Heinlein would have enjoyed this exciting homage to _Starship Troopers._ "
  
  -- **JOE HALDEMAN, author of _The Forever War_**