"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) 
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​"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: 

  1. Unequal parts Katee Sackhoff's Starbuck meets STARSHIP TROOPERS' Johnny Rico, with a dash of Summer Glau from FIREFLY
  2. Birth Planet: Montana
  3. Enlisted at age 17 in the Republic of Aligned Worlds Marine Corps - the R.A.W.-M.C. 
  4. Service Number MM-I 163 524 436 
  5. Eyes like Montana bluegrass (like her mother’s)
  6. MOS: Infantry: Mechanized Marine 
  7. Temper: north of boiling 
  8. Calls her AI Mr. Bond 
  9. Ash-blond hair and a three inch shrapnel scar over her right ear (don't ask her how she got it)
  10. 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

"UNBREAKABLE is hardcore military SF straight from the loins of Heinlein and Pournelle and Drake...." (Asimov's Science Fiction)"
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