![]() It will do all this while I cower inside. It will examine and determine and choose and, at last, act. The Engine makes him into a ruthless killing machine dedicated to keeping him alive at all costs. When entering into combat, a persona he calls the "Engine" takes over. Little is known of him initially but that he suffers from burnout and refuses to die, even when it seems inevitable. ![]() ![]() The protagonist is Felix, an enlistee who's been given "scout" duty on an alien planet in the seemingly endless Antwar. The title refers to the nuclear-powered exoskeletons worn by the soldiers, but also references the emotional armor the protagonists maintain to survive. The two sub-plots intersect at the end, with each providing answers and insight into events of the other. It is also the story of a research colony on the fringes of human territory which is threatened by pirates. ![]() It features the military use of exoskeletons and insect-like alien enemies but concentrates on the psychological effects of violence on human beings.Īrmor is the story of humanity's war against an alien race whose foot soldiers are three-meter-tall insects, referred to in the book as "ants". Armor is a military science fiction novel by John Steakley. ![]()
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