Description
The prequel to the popular Old Guy/Cybertank Books. It is the distant future. Hundreds of billions toil in crowded windowless factories, while the oligarchs lord over all from their kilometer-high palaces. The only thing the oligarchs fear is a war with several alien species that they are losing. In desperation, they turn to a biologically engineered human, Giuseppe Vargas, to create new weapons that will let them win their wars with the aliens.
Vargas is a protean genius, several times faster and stronger than any regular human, and borderline psychotic. He designs a radically new weapon system â€" the cybertank â€" a self-aware construct of astonishing power.
Once the aliens are defeated, the oligarchs plan to eliminate Vargas. However, Vargas has his own plans, and the cybertanks are also developing an agenda…
Note: All Old Guy books can be read as a stand alone story. However, reading them in order may enhance your reading pleasure.