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Bolos: Old Guard

Created by Keith Laumer
Fout! Onbekende schakeloptie-instructie.
This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or
incidents is purely coincidental.

Copyright ┬й 2001 by Bill Fawcett & Associates; тАЬIncursionsтАЭ ┬й 2001 by Mark Thies, тАЬRookтАЩs GambitтАЭ ┬й 2001 by John Mina,
тАЬThe Sky is FallingтАЭ ┬й 2001 by J. Steven York & Dean Wesley Smith, тАЬBrothersтАЭ ┬й 2001 by William H. Keith.

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ISBN: 0-671-31957-4

Cover art by Dru Blair

First printing, February 2001



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In memory of J. Andrew Keith,

1958тАУ1999

Author, historian, wargamer,
brother, friend.
 NO BATTLE PLAN SURVIVES
CONTACT WITH A BOLO . . .
Ad-akradai Khorris was pleased with his position. His concentrated dischargers had shrugged off the HumansтАЩ heaviest
bombardment. His nuclear cannons were in position, to be moved up for firing when the human forces had moved into his trap.
But he would wait before deploying his armored vehicles. His infantry and nuclear cannons would be enough to finish off the
Human armor that advanced on him. Only then would his armored vehicles sweep back over the bridge to drive into their rear and
eliminate their precious artillery.
He was worried, however, that more reinforcements were arriving for the Humans. One of his few remaining surveillance
probes had been launched at the first hint of daylight in the east. An image taken just before it died showed that the Human forces
had moved all of their equipment off the eastbound roadway, as if making room for another unit to pass through. He continued to