Defenders

When Earth is invaded by telepathic aliens, humanity responds by creating the defenders— warriors that are 17 feet tall, knowing and loving nothing but war, their minds closed to the aliens— but what is humanity to do with millions of genetically-engineered warriors once the war is won? Original. 30,000 first printing.

Will McIntosh is a Hugo award winner and Nebula finalist whose latest novel,Defenders, has been optioned by Warner Brothers for a feature film. His previous novel,Love Minus Eighty, was named the best science fiction book of 2013 by the American Library Association, and was on both Io9.com and NPR.org's lists of the best SF novels of 2013. His debut novel,Soft Apocalypse, was a finalist for a Locus Award, the John W. Campbell Memorial Award, and the Compton Crook Award. Along with four novels, he has published fifty short stories in venues such asAsimov's, Lightspeed, and Science Fiction and Fantasy: Best of the Year. Will was a psychology professor before turning to writing full-time. He lives in Williamsburg with his wife and their five year-old twins. You can follow him on Twitter @willmcintoshSF, or on his website, www.willmcintosh.net.