He has a masters degree in military history, and he is a veteran of Desert Storm, Somalia, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. 'Not just for military SF fans-although military SF fans will love it- Planetside is an amazing debut novel, and I'm looking forward to what Mammay writes next. Michael Mammay is a retired army officer and a graduate of the United States Military Academy. The answers are there-Butler just has to make it back alive. Butler has no choice but to drop down onto a hostile planet-because someone is using the war zone as a cover.

The colonel quickly finds Cappa Base to be a labyrinth of dead ends and sabotage: the hospital commander stonewalls him, the Special Ops leader won't come off the planet, witnesses go missing, radar data disappears, and that's before he encounters the alien enemy. A riveting listen from start to finish A retired war hero is summoned to another planet to investigate the disappearance of a VIPs son. There are definitely some firefights and a few explosions, but the bulk of the novel is.

The young lieutenant had been wounded and evacuated-but there's no record of him having ever arrived at hospital command. PLANETSIDE is a detective novel wrapped in military sci-fi clothing. A high councilor's son has gone MIA out of Cappa Base, the space station orbiting a battle-ravaged planet. So when Colonel Carl Butler answers the call from an old and powerful friend, he knows it's something big-and he's not being told the whole story. War heroes aren't usually called out of semi-retirement and sent to the far reaches of the galaxy for a routine investigation. ' Planetside is a smart and fast-paced blend of mystery and boots-in-the-dirt military SF that reads like a high-speed collision between Courage Under Fire and Heart of Darkness.' - Marko Kloos, bestselling author of the Frontline seriesĪ seasoned military officer uncovers a deadly conspiracy on a distant, war-torn planet.

Planetside by michael mammay