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Synopsis
Before they were Old Guns, they made first contact… After humanity's deep space probe Squanto goes missing in the Gauntlet, Staff Sergeant Martin Kelvin and Sergeant Frank Cage are pulled from leave to search for the vessel. Three teams have already vanished in the quantum corridor where time fractures and physics breaks down. But Squanto didn't just find a path through; they found something waiting in the darkness. The blood-marked wreckage holds humanity's first contact with a new alien race—one that phases through solid hull and can't be killed by conventional weapons. Martin, Frank, and their squad will pay the price for finding passage through the Gauntlet. Some doors were never meant to be opened. Read the prequel novella to Old Guns, the new high-octane military sci-fi saga by USA Today-bestselling author J.N. Chaney and New York Times-bestselling author Nicholas Sansbury Smith.
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The Gauntlet: (An Old Guns Prequel): content & age rating
Intended for adult readers (18+).
Military sci-fi with strong violence including blood-marked wreckage and combat against unkillable alien threats. Contains graphic descriptions of casualties and life-or-death military scenarios.
What to know going in
This book has strong violence, no sexual content, and moderate language. Content notes include graphic violence, gore, and death (see the full list above).
Who'll love this
Teens who love intense military action and terrifying first contact scenarios will be hooked by the high-stakes space horror.