I’ve always loved mecha – from the early days of stuff like the Megaro Zamac model kits and Micronauts toys, through to anime like Robotech, Mobile Suit Gundam, Metal Armor Dragonar, Patlabor, Martian Successor Nadesico, Neon Genesis Evangelion and right up to date with Pacific Rim – so it was a lot of fun for me to write “Toy Soldier“, my original military SF tale for this collection.
I also get to join an all-star strike team of authors for MECH: Age of Steel; edited by Tim Marqutiz and Nick Sharps, along with me M:AoS will feature stories by my Black Library colleagues Graham McNeill and C.L. Werner, as well as Kevin J. Anderson & David Boop, Jody Lynn Nye, Peter Clines, Jeremy Robinson, Martha Wells, Jeffrey J. Mariotte & Marsheila Rockwell, J.C. Koch, Mark Teppo, Ramez Naam & Jason M. Hough, Jeff Somers, Anton Strout, Bill Fawcett, Shawn Speakman, M.L. Brennan, James R. Tuck, Jennifer Brozek, Kane Gilmour, Mallory Reaves, Andrew Liptak and Steve Diamond.
The book has two great covers (see below) – the blue/sliver one is for the paperback/ebook/retail edition and the “cherry blossom” version is a Kickstarter exclusive.
