THE WAR WITH EARTH

[Riverdale, NY]: Baen, 2003. Octavo, boards. First edition. Second of Frankowski's Boy and his Tank tales, preceded by A BOY AND HIS TANK (1999) and followed by KREN OF THE MITCHEGAI (2004), the second and third coauthored with Dave Grossman, a Military SF series "which intensifies the weapon/human interface exploited by Keith Laumer in his Bolo sequence: here the "boy," native of a metal planet, interfaces by virtual reality with a sentient tank, and hires out as a mercenary; eventually an uneasy alliance with Earth is created in order to defend life against an alien civilization which sterilizes any planet in their way." - John Clute, SFE (online). A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#145243) (Inventory #: 145243)