Some machines learn to fight. The Ōkami learned something far more dangerous — loyalty.
In the 2060s, AI soldierbots do most of the dying. A shrinking cadre of human officers still bear the burden of leading them. Paul Owens is one of the best — until the system he served betrays everything he fought for, and everyone he loved.
What follows is a quest for vengeance that burns from the battlefields of South America to the merciless void between Earth and the asteroid belt.
Spirit of the Bayonet is hard sci-fi told with the gritty authenticity and moral complexity readers loved in Spirit Mission and Duty's Cost — a saga about loyalty, humanity, and the brutal price of justice in a world that has forgotten the difference.
Where to Start
Start with BETRAYAL, Book 1 in the Spirit of the Bayonet saga. The story is a straight-through series, not a set of stand-alone episodes, so everything builds from there.
Books in the Series
Paul Owens and Kata Vukovic lead AI soldierbots into a new kind of war—only to find the oldest evils still running the show.
Paul is plunged deeper into conspiracies and higher stakes as he fights to survive in the deadly void between Earth and Mars.
Opposing forces drive every side to their most desperate choices yet.