Overview
The second year of the war reaches its breaking point.
Humanity remains fractured even as vicious bioengineered killing machines attack the United States on both coasts. In Manhattan, a devastating new bioweapon has finally hurt the alien invaders… but it is ravaging human troops too. And the man who masterminded the entire US war effort has vanished, presumed dead.
In Los Angeles, a bold new offensive hinges on the ASHUR pilots holding the line. Among them are two rookies fresh from training. One is a battle-hardened teenager certain she knows best, the other a veteran fighting to escape the stigma of a horrific choice. In the Carolinas, a grieving tank commander is pushed past his limit. And in Earth's orbit, the surviving crew of a dying weapons platform must gamble everything in the frozen dark of space — all while political players twist every truth to seize and hold power.
Author Bio
Blaine L. Pardoe is a Virginia-based New York Times bestselling author and award-winning military historian with more than 100 published books to his name. Best known to genre readers as one of the longest-serving and most influential authors in the BattleTech/MechWarrior universe, he has spent nearly four decades crafting the hard-hitting, tactically authentic mecha combat that defines the field.
Pardoe brings that pedigree to LAND&SEA, his original military science fiction series that pairs large-scale mechanized warfare with a chillingly plausible near-future alien invasion. His storytelling is grounded in a career-long immersion in American military history — expertise recognized with the Historical Society of Michigan's State History Award and a Silver Medal from the Military Writers Society of America.
Beyond science fiction, he is co-author, with comics legend Mike Baron, of the bestselling Tenure political thriller series, and author of the acclaimed Blue Dawn alternate-history series. A prolific, versatile voice across military SF, thrillers, and narrative history, Pardoe continues to expand the LAND&SEA universe for readers who enjoy realism, momentum, and relentless action.
