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Surplus Marines

Jaxon Reed (2025-10-30)

Subgenre
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingR
Pages206 (Quick Read (<250))
SeriesPhaethon Corp. #
Setting
CSM age16

Content levels

ViolenceStrong
Sexual contentNone
LanguageModerate

Trigger warnings

ViolenceCombatDeath

Protagonist archetypes

MercenarySquad / Team

Synopsis

Bo Duckworth is a former master sergeant with the Republican Marines. Forced out of the service for destroying a recalcitrant X103 battle bot during a critical mission, he is out of a job, out of luck and out of ideas on how to make it as a civilian. Like other lost souls, he drifts toward the frontiers of known space looking to find a new life.Tom Savage is expanding Phaethon Solar, offering the company’s technology to asteroid miners, new planet explorers and others probing the fringes of the galaxy. But on these extremes of humanity’s farthest reaches, his people receive the most inhumane treatment. Here there is no civilization, no law, and no order. Tom decides to procure his own private military to safeguard his company’s technology and personnel.What Tom needs and what Duck can provide are . . . Surplus Marines!Veteran science fiction and fantasy author, two time Kindle Scout winner Jaxon Reed presents an all new Space Marines saga set in the Milky Way Universe! Fistfights, gun battles and futuristic combat pepper this fast-moving sci-fi action series. Download it today!

Tags

Space OperaMilitary ActionCorporate ThrillerAdventure SF

Is Surplus Marines appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 16 and up.

Combat-focused military sci-fi with fistfights, gun battles, and futuristic warfare. Violence is action-oriented without graphic detail; no sexual content.

What to know going in

This book has strong violence, no sexual content, and moderate language. Content notes include death, violence, and combat.

Who'll love this

Space Marines action fans will love the combat sequences and military camaraderie in this frontier adventure.