Of course he chooses the tank, and has some wonderful adventures. On his return he displays the tape to his supervisor, and this shows us the story of a young man condemned to become one with a tank with a mind, or be destroyed and recycled for food to support his people. While waiting for repair parts for his space ship, he puts the memory module in a modern format that can be viewed by the public at the museum where he works. It was very well preserved due to the extreme cold it was found in, and suffered little if any battle damage. An archaeologist has the opportunity to recover a ancient war tank, and the memory unit from the tank. This was a very good read, and was written from a Polish point of view like all of his books. I think if you enjoyed the Cross Time Engineer Series (The Radiant Knight) then you will like this series. If you don't like it, I'd love to hear why. If you want to critic the story line by line then you are not looking for entertainment, you are looking to vent your frustration.

Maybe unrealistic but come on, people love watching movies about a guy in tights that flys, or a guy in a metal suit that flys or a humongus ape. But I do! And while a simple store I wonder about the things talked about in the book. I mean that are many people that do not like cool tech. Still, when all is said and done, I really enjoy Leo Frankowski's stories. But if you have read his stories before, then you know what you are getting into A grand hero doing great deeds, saving everyone and becoming, The Man. The books has the following: a hero, a woman (real), A hot VR woman, high tech.everything!, action, violence, sneaky plans, dancing robots, mice.everything you need for a great store. But this is a book you could read while talking to someone or watching tv. Not a lot of symbolism - or else I missed it.

The story is simple, straight forward, not a lot of twists and turns in it. The main character in this book is sent to a metal planet, commits a crime and is able to serve out his sentence inside a sentient tank (like an Abrams tank but one made far in the future.) The character is educated by his tank who is a hot female in the VR world where a lot takes place. And that is cool because it would be boring if we all like the same exact thing. From the other reviews I've read here, this book is not for everyone.

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