Tall Boys

Bameron Kold has never known anything but life in Yorp, a city ruined by centuries of war. When a pilot from the galactic empire crash lands in his zone, saving her life comes at a personal cost. His closest companion is a construction robot with too much artificial intelligence to go unnoticed. Now, he must earn the pilot's trust in the hope that she won't turn him and his robot into the space fleet authorities. When he thinks everything is going wrong, it all gets so much worse.

When a platoon of tall boys learns their sergeant's brother is MIA, they go into a city wracked with centuries of war to find him. By the end of the fight, they will learn of a massive government coverup by the highest officers in the expeditionary fleet, an alien invasion, new portal technology, and an AI uprising that may or may not be benevolent. All they must do to put things right is save humanity.

The toughest, most damaged mechanized combat rig crew in the war has to be broken up. That's nonnegotiable, apparently. But can the most notorious operator of the bunch follow the orders of a new lieutenant with secret ties to the admiral? The newest, most deadly enemy of the Capian First Expeditionary Fleet, known as the Alaran Kill Team, has its own mission: to take out the scientist blocking them from invading. Jam and his new battle companions must navigate threats from above and below to stop the AKT.

When two ancient and overpowered AIs clash, Jam and his platoon are forced to make hard decisions and battle against impossible odds. With his friends in mortal danger and the future of the Capian Alliance of Terran Systems hanging in the balance, he will attempt one last gambit to beat impossible odds.