New Kashubia Series by Leo Frankowski, Dave Grossman

3.73 · 15 ratings
  • A Boy And His Tank (New Kashubia #1)
    #1

    A Boy And His Tank (New Kashubia #1)

    Leo Frankowski

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1999

    He was a rugged, hardened combat veteran who had gone to hell and back -- in virtual reality! Now he had to face the real thing! The planet New Kashubia was rich in heavy metals, but its surface was baked with deadly radiation, so the colonists lived in tunnels drilled in a thousand foot thick layer of solid gold. Lacking carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, or even dirt, they were the poorest people in the universe... more

  • The War With Earth (New Kashubia #2)
    #2

    The War With Earth (New Kashubia #2)

    Leo Frankowski, Dave Grossman

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 4 ratings · published 2003

    New Kashubia was a planet rich in heavy metals, but utterly lacking in carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen. Even dirt had to be imported at great expense. The colonists, moved there from Earth against their will, lived in tunnels drilled through solid gold but still were the poorest people in the universe. Since their only resource was people, they sent draftees out as mercenaries, fighting in tanks in symbiosis with a highly intelligent computer... more

  • Kren of the Mitchegai (New Kashubia #3)
    #3

    Kren of the Mitchegai (New Kashubia #3)

    Leo Frankowski, Dave Grossman

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 3 ratings · published 2004

    First, the involuntary colonists of New Kashubia rescued their planet from crushing debt by becoming virtual reality mercenaries, then they successfully revolted against the oppressive government of Earth, but now they are menaced by the Mitchegal, a species whose biology has made them inherently evil. The carnivorous adults lay and abandon vast numbers of eggs, some of which grow into vegetarian juveniles, which are the adults' only food supply... more

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