Armor

Part 1 The story's divided into pieces and begins with Felix. He’s on a military starship orbiting a hostile planet called Banshee and about to be dropped into combat along with 10,000 fellow warriors. The invasion is similar to Normandy on D-Day, and we get our first glimpse of Felix in the mess hall......more

This is a fascinating novel. It is, for the most part, a military science fiction story. Then again, it’s something else entirely. Steakley actually juggles two stories here, both of which read like a novel in their own right. However, it soon becomes apparent that there is only one tale here, even......more

April 2018: This was one of the books I added to my shelves when I first joined GR back in 2007. I'm not sure when I last read it, but probably a few years before that. It finally won a group read in the Sci-fi and Heroic Fantasy group, so... Wow! The book is written in parts. The first part is about......more

A lot of people here have criticized this book because of poor grammar. While it is 100% true that this book is definitely not completely grammar accurate, it should be noted that most of the book is told from the perspective of one of the characters. I didn't think one needed to be grammar accurate......more

4.5 stars, audio version ORIGINALLY POSTED AT Fantasy Literature. "...everything you were hiding from was in there with you. That's the trouble with armor. It won't protect you from what you are." Felix is a loner, a broken man with a mysterious past. When he's dropped with thousands of fellow soldiers......more