Dogs of War

by Adrian Tchaikovsky

Paperback, 346 pages

English language

Published Nov. 1, 2022 by Head of Zeus.

ISBN:: 978-1-80024-893-9
Goodreads:: 59919220

(31 reviews)

Rex is seven foot tall at the shoulder, bulletproof, bristling with heavy calibre weaponry and his voice resonates with subsonics especially designed to instil fear. He's part of a Multiform Assault Pack operating in the lawless anarchy of Campeche, Mexico. As a genetically engineered Bioform, Rex is a dealy weapon in a dirty war. But all he wants to be is a Good Dog. And to do that he must do exactly what Master says and kill a lot of enemies. But who, exactly, are the enemies? What happens when Master is tried as a war criminal? What rights does the Geneva Convention grant weapons? Do Rex and his fellow Bioforms even have a right to exist? And what happens when Rex slips his leash?

3 editions

Alex reviewed Dogs of War by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Dogs of War, #1)

Intelligence rights

4 stars

Overall theme was about when a non-human intelligence should be given human-like rights in the society and how blurry that border is.

I liked the main protagonist, how he was portraited as a dog/human hybrid and how one like that might think and behave, struggling with life as a slave soldier and then life without a master.

Smaller chapters from the perspective of a secondary protagonist gave nice and interesting insights to the book's world and was a great touch.

The ending where the pro-/antagonist just dissipates into nothingness was quite unsatisfying and just leaves you there being... what? Why?