This story had nothing to do with the Marines, Col. Stalker or the circumstance that the Marines and Stalker find themselves now. It seems like this is something to beat a publisher’s deadline. Where is the connection to Avalon? I listened to the whole book because I like Nutall and I want to support him. However, too many more like this and I may have to rethink that loyalty. This should have been a stand alone entry into the “Empire’s Corps” universe but titled something else. I was disappointed. I felt I had wasted a credit on this book.