Unbreakable: A Novel (Chronicles of Promise Paen, 1) - Softcover

Bauers, W. C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0765375435 ISBN 13: 9780765375438

Publisher: Tor Books, 2016

Synopsis

Unbreakable by W. C. Bauers is character-driven, military science fiction in the tradition of Old Man's War, Weber's Honor Harrington Series, and Heinlein's Starship Troopers, with a dash of Firefly.  

                                                                                                                             

The colonists of the planet Montana are accustomed to being ignored. Situated in the buffer zone between two rival human empires, their world is a backwater: remote, provincial, independently minded. Even as a provisional member of the Republic of Aligned Worlds, Montana merits little consideration--until it becomes the flashpoint in an impending interstellar war.

When pirate raids threaten to destabilize the region, the RAW deploys its mechanized armored infantry to deal with the situation. Leading the assault is Marine Corps Lieutenant and Montanan expatriate Promise Paen of Victor Company. Years earlier, Promise was driven to join the Marines after her father was killed by such a raid. Payback is sweet, but it comes at a tremendous and devastating cost. And Promise is in no way happy to be back on her birth world, not even when she is hailed as a hero by the planet's populace, including its colorful president. Making matters even worse: Promise is persistently haunted by the voice of her dead mother.

Meanwhile, the RAW's most bitter rival, the Lusitanian Empire, has been watching events unfold in the Montana system with interest. Their forces have been awaiting the right moment to gain a beachhead in Republic territory, and with Promise's Marines decimated, they believe the time to strike is now.

About this title

About the Author

W. C. Bauers is a publishing industry veteran, bibliophile, and popular author of children's books and science fiction. Bauers' science fiction has been compared to Katee Sackhoff's Starbuck meets STARSHIP TROOPERS, with a dash of FIREFLY. 

Bauers' first novel, Unbreakable, was an Amazon and B&N, Science Fiction and Fantasy Best Book-of-the-Month pick, for January 2015. His second, Indomitable, was a B&N, i09, and Kirkus Best of the Month Pick, for SF/F, for July 2016.

His interests include Taekwondo, Military History, Munchkin (especially Space and Spy), and French-press brewing. He lives in the Rocky Mountains with his three sons. 

Edition details

• Publisher: Tor Books
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0765375435
• ISBN 13: 9780765375438
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384