Cirrus@Austlit

'Patriotism's for those who have never been to War.

'Susan Ulrich is a seasoned avionics engineer. Brian Ulrich, Jason Duhamel and Jedidiah Williams are US marines. But no amount of training can prepare them for the horror that confronts them after returning from a day's paintball skirmish: the smouldering ruins of their lodgings and the twenty bullet-ridden corpses of its other residents. And on meeting the surly Gulf War veteran and owner of the paintball lodge, the four are soon thrust into a desperate struggle that will demand more than their own survival. With ten billion dollars of munitions at stake and a ruthless militia vying to claim them, the race is on to expose the venal politics enshrouding the issue and thwart an initiative to arm every extremist in the East with the finest modern weapons available. ' (Publication summary)