Product Description

Captain Maneka Trevor was the sole human survivor of the Dinochrome Brigade's 39th Battalion...but she hadn't wanted to be one. The Bolo known as "Lazarus" - Unit 28/G-179-LAZ - was the 39th's sole surviving Bolo...but he hadn't been hers. The doctors and the Bolo techs have put them both back together again, yet there are wounds no doctor or technician can heal. And now Maneka and Lazarus must serve together once again, in a war whose stakes are literally the survival or extermination of the human race. They are all that stand between a desperate, secret colony of humanity and destruction: a Bolo commander torn by survivor's guilt and a Bolo whose very existence reminds her of all she has lost. The odds against them are heavy, the stakes are huge, and surrender is not an option. "The Dinochrome Brigade" is used to that, but can Maneka and Lazarus survive their own shared past to defend the present?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #294332 in Books
• Published on: 2007-01-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• 400 pages

Synopsis
Captain Maneka Trevor was the sole human survivor of the Dinochrome Brigade's 39th Battalion...but she hadn't wanted to be one. The Bolo known as "Lazarus" - Unit 28/G-179-LAZ - was the 39th's sole surviving Bolo...but he hadn't been hers. The doctors and the Bolo techs have put them both back together again, yet there are wounds no doctor or technician can heal. And now Maneka and Lazarus must serve together once again, in a war whose stakes are literally the survival or extermination of the human race. They are all that stand between a desperate, secret colony of humanity and destruction: a Bolo commander torn by survivor's guilt and a Bolo whose very existence reminds her of all she has lost. The odds against them are heavy, the stakes are huge, and surrender is not an option. "The Dinochrome Brigade" is used to that, but can Maneka and Lazarus survive their own shared past to defend the present?

Customer Reviews

Cybernetic Communion
I have to confess a bias: I think David Weber is, by some distance, the best science fiction writer currently writing. In Old Soldiers he explores the role and relationships of the Bolo further and produces a novel that is both highly readable and holds an interesting conceit. Although it lacks some of the raw passion of his Harrington series he manages to make the potentially two dimensional Bolo, Lazarus, very human and the interactions with Maneka are beautifully constructed and developed. His action scenes won't let down die-hard fans and it is nothing if not a page-turner. However, with all that said, if you haven't read any of David Weber's other work I wouldn't start here; it is still highly engaging but not his best work. For the fan though, put it in your basket!