Oxygen Wars

by Melton Cartes

War, the oldest of mankind's enterprises has finally become corporate. Faraway, in a distant future, a desolate dirt planet is home to Angus; one of thousands of human clone soldiers in fully-mechanized armored atmosphere suits. When he is damaged in battle the chip that allows him communication with his automated comrades is destroyed making him an outsider, invisible to the other soldiers, freeing him to learn the truth behind his world and this forsaken war. There is a difference between waging a war and winning a war and in the future technology will make the former an automated function, making it easier for corporations to direct their will throughout the universe. The price, as usual, is left to be paid by the pitiful foot soldier. As Angus pays that price his humanity is forced to blossom and his indomitable human spirit finally puts an end to what was a never-ending war.

220 pages, Paperback

About the author

Melton Cartes is an animator, advertising art director, aspiring screenwriter, illustrator, filmmaker, and novelist.

Reviews

[Salman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Melton Cartes has a gift of writing which makes you forget that you are reading a novel and feel like you are there, you are on the colony, you are part of the action. I was so gripped that I barely put the book down, and chowed through it in just three days (which is very unlike me). Awesome book!

[Jada Webster · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really liked this! A quick read that knows how to savor while sprinting (and speckled with classic sci-fi and Americana references), Oxygen Wars gives form and personality to an elemental landscape that affronts and absorbs the characters and their actions toward self-determination.