Utopia: A Blood-and-Iron Elegy

Strange things begin appearing along the border. Something is climbing up from underground: silvery white, with no head or eyes, only a gaping maw. Bullets and fire can't stop them. They charge straight at the transport vehicles. Blue blood spills across the ground like gleaming oil stains.

War is no longer something fought between people.

Who is making war? Who is stopping it? Who is exploiting it? When giant beasts surge up from underground, when mechs become the last line of defense, and when schemes, human nature, and self-interest become hopelessly entangled, will a machine that can deliver a 700-kilogram punch be enough?

No.

Not nearly enough.

Hardcore mech development: a third-generation mech painstakingly built, piece by piece, in a garage

A multi-character POV narrative

Underground giant beasts, an energy crisis, corporate power games, and a conspiracy of war

An ensemble cast, with no disposable characters and no mindless villains

Humanity and nature, humanity and machines, humanity and itself