At the park.  A congregation of elderly ladies and school kids pass by.  They smile and wave and I return the gesture, and my heart is warmed.  Then suddenly—BY FALKOR’S FREAKY FACE!—they snarl and their eyes light red; now they’re galloping at me on all fours.  (Dunno ’bout you but an easy way to scare me is crazy demonic old ladies and kiddies).  Thinking quick, I open my eReader to Echo.  Magic flash.  A platoon of battle-hardened Space Marines appears.  They fix bayonets, suck air through their fat man-stogies—causing the ends to glow greedy red—and start blazing at the demons with Gauss rifles.  Their eyes light up with that beautifully weathered, hard-ass Space Marine joy.  Take that, demon Motha Duckas!

Maaaaaaaannnnn ain’t nothin’ better than being a Space Marine!  Echo Vol. 1 is $0.99 on Kindle here:  Vol. 1 on Kindle.  Vol. 2 on Kindle here:  Vol.2 on Kindle.