JUNIPER’S DAUGHTER – FRONTIER TOWN

JUNIPER’S DAUGHTER – FRONTIER TOWN

A novel by Nick Armbrister

Noel was a twenty two year old man whose main hobby was sniping with his old Lee Enfield rifle in his spare time, when he was not working for the Frontier Corps as an intelligence officer. He had untaken this role for the past eighteen months and rapidly gained experience on the theory of armies on the move but had yet to see action; this was his first operation. His colleague was three years older and had two previous ops under his belt so he was teaching the younger man the way to do things, to learn and stay alive. Cris was a dynamic individual sent to lead this small operation, if he did things right they would both return home alive with valuable information on the areas under army control. If he failed, they both would face death in any number of wicked ways, this was the reason they carried cyanide capsules to use in the event of capture. Cris usually planned operations out to the army area of occupation but now and again he needed to get on the ground and experience a real op, like in this case. Wearing dark coloured civilian clothing so not to stick out like the secret intelligence men they were, they set off in the early evening heading away from the Frontier Corps base in an easterly direction out of Renford, on the main road out of town slowly walking, the best way to travel quietly and stealthily. To do their mission duties Noel and Cris carried a nice variety of equipment, the best available considering the circumstances that the country was in. The items where:

Small hand held pistols equipped with built in a silencer, magazine containing fourteen nine millimetre bullets, laser sight system for night shooting hidden under the barrel, small detachable telescopic sight for distance aiming and infra red capable for night target viewing. Six spare magazines gave sufficient bullets for long engagements.

Collapsible machine pistols of the same calibre to give ammunition compatibility with the pistols, equipped with a foldable shoulder stock to give steady shooting at distance targets when firing from a concealed position. One hand held the pistol grip and fired the trigger; the other held the plastic front hand rest that was bevelled to provide a firm grip even in wet conditions. An iron sight was mounted above the front barrel, backed up by the rear adjustable sight that was set in one hundred metre gradients out to fifteen hundred metres.