THE MISFIT SOLDIER is my first published novel outside of the PLANETSIDE series, published by Harper Voyager in February 2022 with simultaneous release across all formats, including audio. It’s a heist novel set inside of a military SF setting. Think Ocean’s Eleven in power armor. It features a sergeant named ‘Gas’ Gastovsky, who finds himself in the military because he was running away from some heat from a con gone wrong. Three years later, he’s adapted to military life but hasn’t completely left behind his grifter ways.
The audio book is narrated by MacLeod Andrews
The official blurb for the book:
Ocean’s Eleven meets John Scalzi in this funny, action-filled, stand-alone sci-fi adventure from the author of Planetside, in which a small team of misfit soldiers takes on a mission that could change the entire galaxy.
Sergeant Gastovsky—Gas to everyone but his superior officers—never wanted to be a soldier. Far from it. But when a con goes wrong and he needs a place to lay low for a while, he finds himself wearing the power armor of the augmented infantry.
After three years on a six-year contract, Gas has found his groove running low-level cons and various illegal activities that make him good money on the side. He’s the guy who can get you what you need. But he’s always had his eye out for a big score—the one that might set him up for life after the military.
When one of his soldiers is left behind after a seemingly pointless battle, Gas sees his chance. He assembles a team of misfit soldiers that would push the term “ragtag” to its limits for a big con that leads them on a daring behind-the-lines mission, pitting him not only against enemy soldiers but against the top brass of his own organization.
If he pulls this off, not only will he save his squadmate, he might just become the legend he’s always considered himself. He might also change the way the entire galaxy looks at this war. But for any of that to happen, he has to live through this wild plan.
And charm rarely stops bullets.
Reviews:
Lightspeed Magazine
Winter is Coming
“Mammay is one of the best authors writing military sci-fi at the moment”
Starred Review from Library Journal
A full review from Winter is Coming
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A seasoned military officer uncovers a deadly conspiracy on a distant, war-torn planet…