Name: Anonymous 2008-06-20 0:51
Been trying to remember the name of a book I read years ago but I keep drawing a blank.
It had brain-link mech combat and the enemy was a species called the Xenophobes (because they are aggressive towards almost everything) with nano-disassembly as their primary weapon. The main character was named Dev, hyperspace was called "the Godsea," and the book ended with Dev using the allied aliens' (first contact with whom took place halfway through the book) organic universal translator slug-thingy to speak to the Xenophobes, who were actually colonies of slug-like thermovores who had no idea there was any such thing as another sentient species, and who had discovered nanotechnology and space travel in lieu of any sort of Stone Age analogue. Also, he had two combat mechs, a single-seater called Dev's Destroyer (which got taken out) and a two-seater piloted singly which he named the Morgan's Hold after a famous infantry march.
This sound familiar to anyone? Because I cannot for the life of me remember the name of the book.
It had brain-link mech combat and the enemy was a species called the Xenophobes (because they are aggressive towards almost everything) with nano-disassembly as their primary weapon. The main character was named Dev, hyperspace was called "the Godsea," and the book ended with Dev using the allied aliens' (first contact with whom took place halfway through the book) organic universal translator slug-thingy to speak to the Xenophobes, who were actually colonies of slug-like thermovores who had no idea there was any such thing as another sentient species, and who had discovered nanotechnology and space travel in lieu of any sort of Stone Age analogue. Also, he had two combat mechs, a single-seater called Dev's Destroyer (which got taken out) and a two-seater piloted singly which he named the Morgan's Hold after a famous infantry march.
This sound familiar to anyone? Because I cannot for the life of me remember the name of the book.