Brad Thor meets Avatar in this timely thriller for the drone age as award-winning author Christopher Golden spins the troubles of today into the apocalypse of tomorrow After political upheaval economic collapse and environmental disaster the world has become a hotspot boiling over into chaos of near apocalyptic proportions In this perpetual state of emergency all that separates order from anarchy is the military might of a United States determined to keep peace among nations waging a free-for-all battle for survival and supremacy But a conflict unlike any before demands an equally unprecedented fighting force on its front lines Enter the Remote Infantry Corps robot soldiers deployed in war zones around the world controlled by human operators thousands of miles from the action PFC Danny Kelso is one of these ldquoTin Menrdquo stationed with his fellow platoon members at a subterranean base in Germany steering their cybernetic avatars through combat in the civil-war-ravaged streets of Syria Immune to injury and death this brave new breed of American warrior has a battlefield edge thatrsquos all but unstoppablemdashuntil a flesh-and-blood enemy targets the Tin Menrsquos high-tech advantage in a dangerously game-changing counter strike When anarchists unleash a massive electromagnetic pulse short-circuiting the worldrsquos technology Kelso and his comrades-in-arms find themselves trappedmdashtheir minds tethered within their robot bodies and for the first time their lives at risk Now with rocket-wielding ldquoBot Killersrdquo gunning for them and desperate members of the unit threatening to go rogue itrsquos the worst possible time for the Tin Men to face their most crucial mission But an economic summit is under terrorist attack the US president is running for his life and the men and women of the st Remote Infantry Division must take the fight to the next levelmdashif they want to be the last combatants standing not the first of their kind to fall forever Advance praise for Tin Men ldquoTin Men is the literary equivalent of a muscle car stylish and fast-paced with a hopped-up engine of a plot Christopher Golden starts things off at tire-burning speed and never lets up Itrsquos a great ridemdashdefinitely as much fun as we can ever hope to have while the world falls to ruin around usrdquomdashScott Smith author of A Simple Plan and The Ruins ldquoA chilling tale of a world that could be Tin Men is a vicious beastmdashStarship Troopers meets Generation Killmdashthat left my nerves fried and my brain craving another fixrdquomdashPierce Brown author of Golden Son ldquoWhen the human soul thrums inside machines of war the ultimate weapon is born Golden crafts a unique combination of Terminator and Saving Private RyanrdquomdashScott Siglerauthor of Alive ldquoAs military robots proliferate we have all wondered whether the wealthy will use them to dominate those with fewer resources Fascinating and thrilling Tin Men imagines a future in which the playing field is suddenly and violently leveled When the stakes are life or death will the soldiers behind the robots still have what it takes to surviverdquomdashDaniel H Wilson author of Robopocalypse ldquoThis evocative tale of the possible and the probable takes a wild walk on the perilous side Along the way we get a top-of-the-line lesson in what may actually be in store for us one day Yoursquore going to love this thrilling taut dramardquomdashSteve Berry author of The Lincoln Myth.
