Ojos Amarillos: La Defensa de Panama

Yellow Eyes

(Ojos Amarillos:
La Defensa de Panama)

(This being the tale of the defense of Panama and the Panama Canal by U.S. and Panamanian forces against landing and migrating Posleen.)

John Ringo and Tom Kratman

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.

Yellow Eyes
Copyright © 2007 by John Ringo & Tom Kratman. "Winterborn" lyrics written by Rogue,
copyright © 2003, song performed by The Crüxshadows (www.cruxshadows.com). Printed by permission of Dancing Ferret Discs.

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form.

A Baen Books Original

Baen Publishing Enterprises

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ISBN 10: 1-4165-2103-8

ISBN 13: 978-1-4165-2103-7

Cover art by Stephen Hickman

First printing, April 2007

Distributed by Simon & Schuster

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New York, NY 10020

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Ringo, John, 1963–
Yellow eyes = (Ojos amarillos : la defensa de Panama) /
John Ringo & Tom Kratman.
p. cm.
"A Baen Books original"—T.p. verso.
"This being the tale of the defense of Panama and the Panama Canal by
U.S. and Panamanian forces against landing and migrating Posleen."
ISBN 1-4165-2103-8 (hc)
1. Human-alien encounters—Fiction. 2. Panama Canal (Panama)—Fiction.
I. Kratman, Tom. II. Title. III. Title: Ojos amarillos.

PS3568.I577Y46 2007

813'.54—dc22

2006100546

Pages by Joy Freeman (www.pagesbyjoy.com)
Printed in the United States of America

For the owners, operators and ladies
of the Ancon Inn (Panama City)
and el Moro (Colon).

Thank you. Let's do it again some time.

And, as always:

For Captain Tamara Long, USAF

Born: 12 May 1979
Died: 23 March 2003, Afghanistan
You fly with the angels now.

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YELLOW EYES

You are going to have the fever,
Yellow eyes!
In about ten days from now
Iron bands will clamp your brow;
Your tongue resemble curdled cream,
A rusty streak the centre seam;
Your mouth will taste of untold things
With claws and horns and fins and wings;
Your head will weigh a ton or more,
And forty gales within it roar!

In about ten days from now

You will feebly wonder how
All your bones can break in twain
And so quickly knit again!
You will feel a score of Jaels
In your temples driving nails!
You will wonder if you're shot
Through the liver-case, or what!
You will wonder if such heat
Isn't Hades—and repeat!
Then you'll sweat until, at length,
You—won't—have—a—kitten's—strength!

In about ten days from now

Make to health a parting bow;
For you're going to have the fever,
Yellow eyes!

—James Stanley Gilbert,

"Panama Patchwork," 1909