Cry Pilot
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4.6 • 139 Ratings
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- $6.99
Publisher Description
A devastated Earth. Rogue bio-weapons. And a recruit with secrets. In this explosive new military science fiction novel, a tight-knit infantry squad is thrown into battle against a mysterious enemy that appears without warning and strikes without mercy.
There's only one way for a man with Maseo Kaytu's secrets to join the military: by volunteering for a suicide mission as a 'cry pilot'. He cheats the system to survive, but you can't fake basic training. Assigned to a squad of misfits, Kaytu learns how to fight, how to obey, and how to trust. Yet the more he bonds with his fellow recruits, the more he risks exposure of his criminal past.
Keeping his secret is about to become the least of his problems. Kaytu discovers that his platoon is being deployed against a new kind of rogue bio-weapon. One that has torn apart every military force it's ever faced . . . .
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Riveting action paired with a sharp psychoemotional landscape combine for the explosive launch of a futuristic trilogy (the first voyage of the Dane pseudonym for an established author). Centuries in the future, humans live in tiny corporate enclaves while the ruined Earth undergoes terra fixing, a process that sometimes creates biological horrors. Maseo Kaytu is a refugee with a secret, which makes it hard for him to enlist in the corporate military, but through a touch of chicanery and a stint as a cry pilot human "keys" needed to engage highly technological, high-lethality vehicles known as CAVs he earns his place in Group Aleph for basic training. The group is part of a program that's been formed to address the rising threat of entities called lampreys. It's not an easy road through basic training, but he manages as part of a squad that becomes closer than family despite his checkered past. Frequent adrenaline-rush action scenes make up most of the novel, interspersed with Kaytu's internal narrative and experiences. This is an intriguing, thoughtful exploration of what a corporatized future might look like, liberally peppered with scenes of military life.
Customer Reviews
Science Fiction Fun
Lots of new science concepts, fast plot, loads of fun. Read this book!
Good book
Above average story. A tad annoying determining meaning from some of the technobabble but if you stick with it you’ll be rewarded.