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Friday, September 22, 2017

Infinity Wars, edited by Jonathan Strahan

Cover illustration by Adam Tredowski — Find this book

(Military SF) Fifteen stories that explore the future of war itself. (101,247 words; Time: 5h:37m)

Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average

★★★★☆ Fascinating, Detailed, and Thrilling

(Military SF) Technically dead after a terrorist attack, Asante gets a new body and second chance at life, provided he serves 5 years as an experimental supersoldier. (13,764 words; Time: 45m)

Recommended By: RHorton+2 NClarke+2 JMcGregor+1

(Military SF) An ex-soldier on a colony planet who hunts for mines with a modified giant rat finds companionship in an injured soldier. (6,675 words; Time: 22m)

Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended

(Military SF) Lia’s top-secret work uses hurricanes against America’s enemies by falsifying the weather and satellite records to fool enemies into thinking no storm is coming. (7,928 words; Time: 26m)

Rating: ★★★★★ Sophisticated and Heart-Wrenching

(Military SF) After seven years of non-stop war on a colony planet, Colonel Davis thinks he finally sees a way to get promoted to general and, as a side-effect, end the war. (6,770 words; Time: 22m)

Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended

(Military SF) Genetically engineered for their low-gravity planet, the colonists are very different from Earth people, but things have been very peaceful for fifty years. Then a colonist murders an Earthman, and Dexter investigates. (5,625 words; Time: 18m)

Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average

(Military SF) The Armory AI has been out of service for a long time, so when a group of wounded soldiers try to wake it up to assist in a battle plan, it takes a while to figure out what’s going on. Or whether to trust them. (2,893 words; Time: 09m)

Rating: ★★★★☆ Recommended

★★★★☆ Action-Packed

(Military SF) India and China are at war in Tibet about 100 years from now. Kandiah’s team are outnumbered by the Chinese forces near Lhasa, but she makes a surprising discovery that could turn things around (7,296 words; Time: 24m)

Recommended By: JMcGregor+1

★★★☆☆ Average

(Military SF) Ai Thi serves the Everlasting Emperor by using the appeaser within her to calm people around her telepathically. Wartime shortages are making her job harder and harder. (5,768 words; Time: 19m)

Recommended By: 📙NClarke+2 👍JMcGregor+1 (Q&A)

(Military SF) Rita’s success in AIs for marketing leads to success in military applications. A bit too much success. (3,520 words; Time: 11m)

Rating: ★☆☆☆☆ Needs Improvement

(Military SF) John bought a used interstellar warcraft and hacked the AI controller for mercenary work. He tells about the career he and she had and how it all went wrong. (5,427 words; Time: 18m)

Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average

(Military SF) After spending almost her whole life as a lunar soldier, Gita gives an interview to a reporter about what it was like and how she’s adapting to life in India. (8,123 words; Time: 27m)

Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended

(Military SF) The new tech the aliens gave us created a golden age for some and abject poverty for others. MaryJo joins the army to get out, knowing she may end up fighting rebels who are friends or relatives. (4,443 words; Time: 14m)

Rating: ★★★★★ Powerful Coming-of-Age Story

(Military SF) Hybrid creatures who assimilate parts from the bodies of other aliens, are on the verge of acquiring teleportation, so Ekundayo goes on a secret mission against them before it’s too late. (9,595 words; Time: 31m)

Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Not Recommended

(Military SF) Daja’s new job requires her to replace the actual news about the dying Caribou colony with fake news aimed at avoiding a panic. It’s not what she signed up for, and she’s not sure she can do it. (8,002 words; Time: 26m)

Rating: ★★★☆☆ Average

★★★☆☆ Average

(Space Opera) Opal is a dock manager on Tennant station where starships get repaired. She struggles with shortages, unresponsive management, and now an unexpected military casualty. (5,418 words; Time: 18m)