Broken Badge

Ben Shepard was a good cop, right up to the point where they killed his family.He did what any normal person would do. Wipe the smug expression off the perpetrator's face using fists and a nightstick.It didn't go well for him or the perp.Good men look out for other good men, even when they're down and out.Shepard gets a second chance, but will he recognize that it is a chance? Vengeance is guiding him across the jagged shoals of pain and anger.The Peace Archive. A place that's home to those who kill others for money. An organization where the members are never seen, only the results of their efforts.Their operators kill bad people where society is better off without them but that isn't something to be taken lightly. Every contract gets reviewed and re-reviewed to make sure the target is viable.And drug dealers are especially heinous. As long as someone who isn't a dealer is willing to pay for their demise, the contract is written and offered for bid.It's above board while hiding in the deepest recesses of the dark web.Shepard. Can he join the Peace Archive and be a neutral arbiter of life and death?What about vengeance for the perp who took his family's lives?How will Shepard recover what he once was, while never going back to the life he had?Read Broken Badge today. I'm retired from the Marine Corps, spending time both as enlisted and as an officer. Then I went to law school, took my law degree into business consulting where I became a business diagnostics specialist and leadership coach. I retired from that at age 52 because I was away from home way too much. That's when I started writing full time, and I have not looked back since. This is a great ride! I have a variety of stories now since I've been at this for a little while, lots of short stories so you can see if you like my style. I have a number of best selling novels in categories that matter to me - space opera, military scifi, Space Marine, colonization, and genetic engineering. As a serial daydreamer, it's nice to finally get the stories on paper (virtual and digital paper, that is).Visit my web page, craigmartelle.com for the latest posts and updates or find me on Facebook, Author Craig Martelle. Send an email to craig@craigmartelle.com to join my mailing list for the latest on new releases, information on old releases, and anything related to my books.