The Court of a Thousand Suns (Sten #3). Allan Cole

very few tac soldiers to spare, and the entire unit had been on overtime from almost the beginning. Now, how the clot was the chief going to explain that?

      And then came the shock wave of the explosion. Almost before the sound stopped, the squad was thundering down the rampway and turning the corner — sprinting for the ruin that had been the Covenanter. Armus took one look at the shattered building and three thoughts flashed across his brain: fire, survivors, and ambulance. And, as he thought, he acted. Although no flames were visible in the ruins of the bar, he smashed an armored fist into an industrial extinguisher button and a ton or more of suds dumped into the building. He shouted orders to his men to grab any tool in sight, and thumbed his mike to call for an ambulance. Then he stopped as an ambulance lifted over the catwalk and hissed toward the bar. What was that doing here? He hadn’t even called yet! But he had no time to waste; he unhooked his belt pry bar and plunged into the ruins after his men.

      BOOK TWO

      LUNETTE