Gods of War — Chris Hechtl

Master Sergeant Jethro McClintock and his A.I. Bast had fought the good fight on Protodon. His next mission was a brief stop on his wife's planet and then some time training the next generation of Marines on Agnosta, the Marine and Army world in the growing reborn Federation.
However all was not well on the planet as treachery waited for the black Neo-panther. Navigating it the panther managed to survive and then ship out to Antigua, capital of the Federation where an even greater danger where his future, and quite possibly the future of the Federation was at stake!