Tech Commando

C.A.D.S. #3

by John Sievert

Led by Colonel Dean Sturgis, the C.A.D.S. are a small force of U.S. soldiers who wear the Computerized Attack/Defense Systems suits that make them as deadly as high-tech tanks.Their seven-foot high, 200 pound C.A.D.S. suits are equipped with machine guns, armor piercing shells and flame throwers--all operated by computerized voice commands. After a surprise first nuclear attack on the USA this new unit is the only line-of-defense against the Soviet invaders.

133 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 1, 1986

About the author

A pseudonym of Ryder Syvertsen

Reviews

[Craig · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the third book of a twelve-volume post-apocalyptic men's adventure series published from 1985 - '91 by Zebra. All of the books were published under the pseudonym John Sievert. The first one was written by Jan Stacy in collaboration with Ryder Syvertsen. Numbers two through eight were written by Syvertsen alone, and the final four were written by David Alexander. It's set in the near future (1997), the Russians have hit the Eastern half of the U.S. with nuclear bombs, and their invasion force is sweeping across the country. The last line of defense is Colonel Dean Sturgis and his cadre of C.A.D.S., which stands for Computerized Attack/Defense System, as were told quite frequently. The C.A.D.S. are suits of weaponized armor that turn the wearers into super soldiers, but their numbers are low. Society disintegrates rapidly, and the C.A.D.S. troopers have to fight mad bands of rampaging rapists nearly as often as they oppose the godless commies. The book is unapologetically patriotic, as one might expect from the days of Reagan's second term, and has several over-the-top but amusing bits of black humor interspersed with some rather gritty violent scenes, though it was somewhat tamer than many of Zebra's other such series. In this one, the President and his high command have set up shop in White Sands, New Mexico, and Sturgis and his fellow C.A.D.S. have established a secret base deep in the Okefenokee Swamp in Florida to be closer to the Soviet invader forces. Their mission in this installment is to stop the enemy advance to buy time to rally the surviving U.S. populace, so they attack the Chesapeake Bay tunnel. It's a good survivalist/military-type adventure of the time.

[Little Timmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Average apocalyptic adventure story. This one has the rebels using really cool computerized armor to fight with. Recommended

[Paul Berner · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think the book was pretty good. In fact the whole series of books are good. It's been 25 years since I read them.