A sapper makes mistakes twice in life: first when choosing his profession, and then when he decides he’s too old for another war.
For thirty years I served in the army. Bridges, tripwires, mines—I always knew where to hit so the structure would collapse.
Now my body is in stasis on Earth, and my mind is in an Avatar on a planet in another world where dinosaurs never went extinct. Instead of a base, I was dumped on a scrap heap. And I was there naked and without a weapon. To top it off, they gave me an AI assistant that bites back more often than it helps.
My son is missing from the “East-5” base, and the corporation washed its hands of it. And I have to find him!
But first, I’ll deal with a raptor. Which has already stuck its head into my capsule and is staring at me like I’m breakfast!