Armor

Some of best battlefield action scenes I’ve ever read. You literally feel the rush of adrenaline, the shock, confusion, and horror of the battlefield. There is literally never, ever a dull moment in the novel. While the vehicle used to tell the story is a science-fiction setting (ant-style creatures being the implacable enemy, power-armored humans as the soldiers, and space and alien planets as the setting), this tale could be anywhere – in Vietnam, in Korea, in the trenches of World War 1. The point is not the setting, but rather the human story itself. And while Armor has some of the best battlefield action you’ll find in any book, it is so much more than just vivid action scenes; it’s a subtle and often compassionate look at the human suffering caused by war, and the heroism and sacrifice made by desperate soldiers. Armor clearly questions the whole point of war, but it never shies away from the necessity and suffering it causes. This was a subtle blending of Starship Troopers and The Forever War, but also something unique as well. One of the greatest science-fiction books ever written. I would also put in Starship Troopers as a startlingly good book.