A Boy and His Tank

Title: A Boy and His Tank
Author: Leo Frankowski
Publisher: Baen Publishing Enterprises
Copyright: 1999
ISBN: 0-671-57850-2

I recommend “A Boy and His Tank”.

“A Boy and His Tank” is the first of three science fiction novels in this series. I read them in reverse order not realizing they were a series until I started reading the second volume. One should read them in their proper sequence, but I thoroughly enjoyed them anyway. Each novel stands on its own merits.

Mickolai Derdowski, citizen of New Kashubia, is made an offer he cannot refuse and joins the army. Mark XIX main battle tanks of his day are crewed by a sentient artificial intelligence and one (Mickolai) human.

Mickolai’s training, adventures, and love life are creative, amusing, and always entertaining. These books are not “Great Literature”. They are better than that. They're fun.

The author, Leo Frankowski died in December of 2008 ending the series. It’s worth reading anyway. His web site (link below still operating as of this writing) is amusing in its own right.
http://www.leofrankowski.com/content/

The series in its proper sequence is:

Title: A Boy and His Tank
Author: Leo Frankowski
Publisher: Baen Publishing Enterprises
Copyright: 1999
ISBN: 0-671-57850-2
A Boy And His Tank

The War With Earth
Author: Leo Frankowski
Publisher: Baen Publishing Enterprises
Copyright: 2000
ISBN: 0-7434-9877-1
The War with Earth

Kren of the Mitchegai
Author: Leo Frankowski
Publisher: Baen Publishing Enterprises
Copyright: 2004
ISBN: 0-7434-7182-2
Kren of the Mitchegai (The Boy and His Tank)

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