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"TO THE VICTOR GO THE SPOILS...."And this Victor is fully capable of raking them in, a Bolo Mark XXXIII of the 4th Regiment, Second Brigade, First Confederation Mobile Army Corps, in the vanguard of an all-out Bolo strike against the planet Caern. The enemy is the Aetryx, shadowy, unknown beings who enslave other species with nothing less than the promise of immortality. As a savage, interstellar war begins, Colonel Jon Streicher prepares to lead Victor and the rest of his regiment in that most difficult of tactical evolutions -- a planetary invasion.But D-Day turns into a disaster, and Caern is a deadly trap. Colonel Streicher and his command team find themselves stranded on the target planet, desperately attempting to survive the hellfire chaos of modern warfare, as Bolo faces Bolo-human hybrid in a cataclysmic showdown that will uncover unexpected truths, reveal hidden secrets, and even call into question the loyalty of the Dinochrome Brigade itself.For just what will happen if the Aetryx aren't slavers after all, but literal gods who can make good on their promise of eternal life?The Dinochromes are about to find out.

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From Publishers Weekly

Following Bolo Brigade and Bolo Rising, Keith serves up a military SF adventure with the exciting complexity of a good computer war game and about as much depth. Keith Laumer was the first to write about the Bolos, immense tanks that develop enough intelligence to become partners rather than mere tools of flesh-and-blood warriors. Since Laumer's death, other writers have carried on the concept, so that a Mark XXXIII Bolo weighing 32,000 fearsomely-armed tons can ponder its relations with humans in leisurely fractions of seconds when it isn't deflecting nuclear missiles or outmaneuvering swarms of other tanks. In this novel, the Bolos' Confederation commanders have seriously bungled a planetary invasion intended to free human slaves from mysterious aliens. Unfortunately, the aliens are smarter and more ruthless than anticipated, and they control earlier-model Bolos that are almost as formidable as the Mark XXXIIIs. The pace of conflict escalates constantly, especially after Confederation personnel crash-land in the battlefield. The human characters themselves are pretty rudimentary, but their presence does serve to further complicate the action. The result is fast, furious and clever. It would be a mistake to call this kind of fiction "mindless" fun, since readers have to keep track of damage reports, ammunition status and battlefield tactics; the enjoyment simply requires that you turn off the part of your mind interested in people. An old pro at action series (Warstrider, Seals and Battle Tech), Keith does his part to keep this franchise profitable. (Sept.)Act with Babylon 5 star Peter Jurasik.

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

When the colonists on the planetary satellite Caern fall prey to the Aetryx, a conquering race of genetic engineers, the Confederation sends its Bolo-enhanced forces to liberate the world. Complications arise when the attackers realize that the Aetryx also possess Bolo-technology and maintain a territorial advantage as well. This latest installment in the popular "Bolo" series (Bolo Brigade, Bolo Rising) features more nonstop action involving sentient war-machines in a far-future of galactic exploration and colonization. For libraries where military sf is in demand.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

"TO THE VICTOR GO THE SPOILS...."

And this Victor is fully capable of raking them in, a Bolo Mark XXXIII of the 4th Regiment, Second Brigade, First Confederation Mobile Army Corps, in the vanguard of an all-out Bolo strike against the planet Caern. The enemy is the Aetryx, shadowy, unknown beings who enslave other species with nothing less than the promise of immortality. As a savage, interstellar war begins, Colonel Jon Streicher prepares to lead Victor and the rest of his regiment in that most difficult of tactical evolutions -- a planetary invasion.

But D-Day turns into a disaster, and Caern is a deadly trap. Colonel Streicher and his command team find themselves stranded on the target planet, desperately attempting to survive the hellfire chaos of modern warfare, as Bolo faces Bolo-human hybrid in a cataclysmic showdown that will uncover unexpected truths, reveal hidden secrets, and even call into question the loyalty of the Dinochrome Brigade itself.

For just what will happen if the Aetryx aren't slavers after all, but literal gods who can make good on their promise of eternal life?

The Dinochromes are about to find out.

From Publishers Weekly

Following Bolo Brigade and Bolo Rising, Keith serves up a military SF adventure with the exciting complexity of a good computer war game and about as much depth. Keith Laumer was the first to write about the Bolos, immense tanks that develop enough intelligence to become partners rather than mere tools of flesh-and-blood warriors. Since Laumer's death, other writers have carried on the concept, so that a Mark XXXIII Bolo weighing 32,000 fearsomely-armed tons can ponder its relations with humans in leisurely fractions of seconds when it isn't deflecting nuclear missiles or outmaneuvering swarms of other tanks. In this novel, the Bolos' Confederation commanders have seriously bungled a planetary invasion intended to free human slaves from mysterious aliens. Unfortunately, the aliens are smarter and more ruthless than anticipated, and they control earlier-model Bolos that are almost as formidable as the Mark XXXIIIs. The pace of conflict escalates constantly, especially after Confederation personnel crash-land in the battlefield. The human characters themselves are pretty rudimentary, but their presence does serve to further complicate the action. The result is fast, furious and clever. It would be a mistake to call this kind of fiction "mindless" fun, since readers have to keep track of damage reports, ammunition status and battlefield tactics; the enjoyment simply requires that you turn off the part of your mind interested in people. An old pro at action series (Warstrider, Seals and Battle Tech), Keith does his part to keep this franchise profitable. (Sept.)Act with Babylon 5 star Peter Jurasik.

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

When the colonists on the planetary satellite Caern fall prey to the Aetryx, a conquering race of genetic engineers, the Confederation sends its Bolo-enhanced forces to liberate the world. Complications arise when the attackers realize that the Aetryx also possess Bolo-technology and maintain a territorial advantage as well. This latest installment in the popular "Bolo" series (Bolo Brigade, Bolo Rising) features more nonstop action involving sentient war-machines in a far-future of galactic exploration and colonization. For libraries where military sf is in demand.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.