Tomorrow's Troopers

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Classic stories of science fiction featuring powered armor: Tales from the Golden Age through the current era featuring military, police, and civilians utilizing powered armor. Stories by Joe Haldeman, Christopher Ruocchio, Jason Cordova, and more!

MEN, MACHINES, AND TOMORROWS BATTLEFIELDS

War is planned violence . . . or, at least, it starts out that way. And even if plans go awry, the violence is indispensable. Todays soldiers have far more firepower on a per-man basis than the doughboys of a century ago, and there is no reason to believe that this trend will not extend into the future.

Imagine a revival of suits of armor, but with structural strength undreamed of by medieval knights, and powered by built-in motors, giving each soldier the invulnerability of a tank, but even more mobility, and mechanical muscle strong enough to carry light artillery, rocket launchers, laser cannon, and weapons not even on the drawing boards yet. Add on the ability to fly, or at least jump for a kilometer at a time, using rocket boosters, or even powerful leg motors, or a combination of both. The stuff that superheroes are made of, hanging in every fighting man or womans closet, ready to wear.

If its possible, history teaches us, it will be done. But dont expect a nation or planet possessing such battalions of super-powered soldiers to not worry about attack by an enemy . . . theres no reason why the enemy wont have its own armored infantry. Keep the midnight oil burning and the R&D rolling. In the meantime, heres a sneak peek by expert dreamers putting the battle-hardened reader at the sharp end of tomorrow.

Praise for anthologies edited by Hank Davis and David Afsharirad:

This intriguing anthology explores the human races violent potential [but] also bends toward exploration and the triumph of the human spirit, with brave tales [that] take the reader on a fascinating, thoughtprovoking, enjoyable journey . . . Publishers Weekly on The Years Best Military SF and Space Opera, starred review

Author Bio

Hank Davisis Senior Editor at Baen Books. He served in the Army in Vietnam and has hadstories inAnalog Science Fiction,The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, and anthologiesIfandOrbit.

David Afshariradwas an Associate Editor at Baen Books. For five years, he was the editor of Baen's The Best Military and Adventure SF series; he also edited the all-Davids anthologyThe Chronicles of Davids. His short fiction has appeared in various anthologies and magazines. He lives in Austin, TX.