"A bit STARSHIP TROOPERS, a bit Esmay Suiza, and a dash of FIREFLY." (Dayton Ward, New York Times bestselling author of The Last World War)
"Fans of military sci-fi will find plenty to love about this series-opener: a promising protagonist, a colorful band of brothers, and plenty of powered armor battle action."
Jim Killen, B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy blog
Who is Promise Paen?
Promise has been compared to Katee Sackhoff's Starbuck meets STARSHIP TROOPERS, with a dash of FIREFLY.
UNBREAKABLE and INDOMITABLE made "best-of" lists from B&N, Amazon.com, i09, and The Verge. Andrew Liptak of B&N's Sci-fi Blog counted UNBREAKABLE among 5 New Books that Show the Future of Military Sci-Fi. Mysterious Galaxy and Powell's bookstores honored UNBREAKABLE with a "staff pick." But Promise is a character all her own. I hope you get the chance to meet her. See my post titled "Becoming Promise Paen" for more about her.
10 Facts about Promise:
- Unequal parts Katee Sackhoff's Starbuck meets STARSHIP TROOPERS' Johnny Rico, with a dash of Summer Glau from FIREFLY
- Birth Planet: Montana
- Enlisted at age 17 in the Republic of Aligned Worlds Marine Corps - the R.A.W.-M.C.
- Service Number MM-I 163 524 436
- Eyes like Montana bluegrass (like her mother’s)
- MOS: Infantry: Mechanized Marine
- Temper: north of boiling
- Calls her AI Mr. Bond
- Ash-blond hair and a three inch shrapnel scar over her right ear (don't ask her how she got it)
- Owns an 800 year GLOCK-27 that's been in her family for generations
“Bauers puts together characters who take up residence in your heart, the cold-blooded politics of the "Great Game," the power of devotion and loyalty, and the human cost carnage extracts from even the most courageous. I highly recommend it.”
--David Weber, New York Times bestselling author of the Honor Harrington series
INDOMITABLE PRAISE
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"UNBREAKABLE is hardcore military SF straight from the loins of Heinlein and Pournelle and Drake...." (Asimov's Science Fiction)"