He had already left his share in the sand, some stabbed through by a sunstone blade, others shot in the head, and still others dead from impact trauma and broken bones. He wasn't being gentle.

It was when he heard something - a quiet, increasing whine, like something charging up - that he turned, found a truck mounted gun emplacement. One that received two quickly thrown grenades to blow it to parts before it could fire.

And that was an explosion he threw one man into without a hint of remorse.