English language
Published Dec. 21, 2023 by Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom.
Sergeant Adriene Valero wants to die.
She can't.
After enduring a traumatic resurrection for the ninety-sixth time, Valero is reassigned to a special forces unit and outfitted with a cutting-edge virtual intelligence aid. They could turn the tide in the war against intelligent machines dedicated to the assimilation, or destruction, of humanity.
When her VI suddenly achieves sentience, Valero is drawn into the machinations of an enigmatic major who’s hell-bent on ending the war—by any means necessary.
Had a hard time getting into this one. Decent enough story and the premise is very interesting, kind of a mix of elements from Battelstar Galactica and Old Man's War. Very little background to the universe, why it is in the situation it is in so it is hard to care much about what happens. Just didn't work for me. Too bad because I like Dewes' other work.
Rubicon is a fun, quick read about an "immortal" soldier, her fancy combat suit, and the snarky AI in her brain. The book reads like a novelization of a military sci-fi FPS video game, complete with a combat scene that features the protagonist's squad facing off against a large boss creature after fighting off a bunch of smaller critters. I'm not complaining—this is exactly the sort of book I was looking for as a short break between longer series—but if there was a video game version, I'd probably recommend that you just play that instead.
