ATLAS (ATLAS, #1)

by Isaac Hooke

The future of warfare has a name: ATLAS.

Three times the height of an ordinary man and ten times wider, the ATLAS mech represents the peak of combat engineering. Rade Galaal will become a one-man army…if he can survive the training.

The MOTHs: elite warriors, products of the most arduous military training known to man. Only the MOTHs can master the devastating, atomic-powered battle suits dubbed ATLAS, massive weapons-laden mechs that constitute an unstoppable ground force when piloted by the consummate soldiers of the MOTH teams. Can Rade make the grade, ascending from raw recruit to ATLAS war machine?

Careful what you wish for: when Special Warfare Command sets a mission beyond the limits of explored space, all of the conditioning, sacrifice, and hard-won skill—and the awesome might of the ATLAS technology—may not be enough to confront the unforeseen horrors found there. Rade’s dream of military glory might just turn out to be the ultimate nightmare.

• ISBN10: 147782622X
• ISBN13: 9781477826225
• Publish Date: 2 December 2014 (first published 26 December 2013)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Amazon Publishing
• Imprint: 47North
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 418
• Language: English

Reviews

3.5/5 rating

This was a good book, very easy to read and I liked the characters. The reason I chose to rate a three instead of four is because I've seen this kind of story before. About halfway through the book, it kind of felt similar to Starship Troopers in some parts.

It was an enjoyable read and the author built solid characters, the kind you can root for. It had some great action scenes starting in the middle of the book and lasting til the end. Some of the action scenes made me paused and wonder if they were far stretched just so the "hero" could save the day. The ending made it seem like a sequel is a possibility but I'll probably move onto other books on my list instead of continuing on. I might continue on if I had nothing else to read. I feel like I read similar plots before and nothing really new stuck out to me.

I got this book for free on Goodreads giveaway for an honest review.