This is a spin-off story to 'A Better Option' and takes place between chapters 2 and 3. Our hero Jonas needs a new home for his future exploits, and this is his experience in house hunting. I've tried to make this story a standalone, I'm not sure if I was 100% successful, but it should work. Although it does make much more sense with it's parent story.
Born and raised on the colony world helped to shape Drake. Losing both his parents only helped him learn more about the world. When Sara and Jen came into his life he used that to save them and bring them home.
A squad of combat soldiers are betrayed and used as bait. Years later the only survivor is still trying to find peace. The one responsible for betraying his squad is trying to come back and other senior officers need the survivor out of the way.
A Devastation Diary Story Dave Jenkins reaches his limit with his wife and consigns her to the Training Centre. He then decides to seek companionship in the Slave Pen - but there's nothing so permanent as a temporary expedient.
The story of a mother and her son that went sour for years. After many familiar disgraces, the unquenchable love of the son plots to win her mother's love, and... yes he got it, but you must read the story to know the end-