(I received a free copy of this book from Net Galley in exchange for an honest review.)

Economies are collapsing, environmental disasters are widespread and war the backdrop to life.
And so the military has developed a force of elite soldiers to keep the peace. A force like nothing seen before ... codenamed Tin Man, soldiers are virtually transported to inhabit robot frames in war-torn countries.
When PFC Danny Kelso starts his day shift in Syria, an eerie silence welcomes him and a patrol confirms the area is totally deserted. But when a rogue electromagnetic pulse throws everything into darkness, Danny's conscious mind is trapped within his robot body.
The attack turns out to have been global - the world is facing a return to the dark ages with no electricity, no technology ... no safe zones. And the Tin Men face a race against time to save not only themselves but society as we know it.

"Suspension of disbelief" was pretty much my mantra throughout this book. Also, "Stop comparing this to a bunch of movies..." This was a book that was hard to take too seriously based on those two thoughts...

Did I enjoy it? Absolutely - the real "macho" stuff worked pretty well. Gunfights, explosions, all that cool stuff that we read this genre for. Plenty of sci-fi to keep those readers happy too.

But what I did miss was the logic. There were times that just made me scratch my head and wonder - using a rifle scope, for instance, when surely their helmets would have had that feature...surely? Little things like that popped up now and then and left me feeling disappointed...


Paul
ARH

It took me 2 sittings, a year apart, to be able to complete this novel, and sadly, I didn't love it as much as I was hoping to