Ironclads is the first novella in Adrian Tchaikovsky's Terrible Worlds: Revolutions series.
Scions have no limits. Scions do not die. And Scions do not disappear.
Sergeant Ted Regan has a problem. A son of one of the great corporate families, a Scion, has gone missing at the front. He should have been protected by his Ironclad – the lethal battle suits that make the Scions masters of war – but something has gone catastrophically wrong.
Now Regan and his men, ill equipped and demoralised, must go behind enemy lines, find the missing Scion, and uncover how his suit failed. Is there a new Ironclad-killer out there? And how are common soldiers lacking the protection afforded the rich supposed to survive the battlefield of tomorrow?
This is going to be a bit of a lackluster review, but I'm challenging myself to review all of the books that I finish this year.
I consider myself a fan of Adrian Tchaikovsky, but he has written SO MANY books. I was in the mood to pick up something short from my library and Ironclads fit the bill.
As much as I love all of the science fiction I've read from Adrian Tchaikovsky, I'm not the target audience for this. While it's a dystopian scifi, it's also very much a military scifi. I struggled to enjoy this one. Every once in a while something would peak my interest, but I wasn't really pulled into the vibe of this one. If I had cared about the characters more, I think my interest level would have been a bit higher.
I wasn't mad at this book in anyway so this isn't a negative review, but my overall feelings are quite mid. If you love tactical military stuff, this may work out much better for you.
⭐⭐⭐★★3/5 stars
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