Dogs of War

A bio-engineered dog fights for its life and its right to life. From the Arthur C. Clark Award-winning author of CHILDREN OF TIME . My name is Rex. I am a good dog. Rex is also seven foot tall at the shoulder, bulletproof, bristling with heavy calibre weaponry and his voice resonates with subsonics especially designed to instil fear. With Dragon, Honey and Bees, he's part of a Multiform Assault Pack operating in the lawless anarchy of Campeche, Mexico. A genetically engineered Bioform, he's a deadly weapon in a dirty war. All he wants to be is a Good Dog. And to do that he must do exactly what Master says and Master says he's got to 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? 'Detailed and clever worldbuilding... Tchaikovsky pulls off an impressive feat in making Rex’s character evolution genuinely moving. Readers will be wowed' Publishers Weekly

A bio-engineered dog fights for its life and its right to life. From the Arthur C. Clark Award-winning author of CHILDREN OF TIME . My name is Rex. I am a good dog. Rex is also seven foot tall at the shoulder, bulletproof, bristling with heavy calibre weaponry and his voice resonates with subsonics especially designed to instil fear. With Dragon, Honey and Bees, he's part of a Multiform Assault Pack operating in the lawless anarchy of Campeche, Mexico. A genetically engineered Bioform, he's a deadly weapon in a dirty war. All he wants to be is a Good Dog. And to do that he must do exactly what Master says and Master says he's got to 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? 'Detailed and clever worldbuilding... Tchaikovsky pulls off an impressive feat in making Rex’s character evolution genuinely moving. Readers will be wowed' Publishers Weekly

A bio-engineered dog fights for its life and its right to life. From the Arthur C. Clark Award-winning author of CHILDREN OF TIME. My name is Rex. I am a good dog. Rex is also seven foot tall at the shoulder, bulletproof, bristling with heavy calibre weaponry and his voice resonates with subsonics especially designed to instil fear. With Dragon, Honey and Bees, he's part of a Multiform Assault Pack operating in the lawless anarchy of Campeche, Mexico. A genetically engineered Bioform, he's a deadly weapon in a dirty war. All he wants to be is a Good Dog. And to do that he must do exactly what Master says and Master says he's got to 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? 'Detailed and clever worldbuilding... Tchaikovsky pulls off an impressive feat in making Rex's character evolution genuinely moving. Readers will be wowed' Publishers Weekly

A bio-engineered dog fights for its life and its right to life. From the Arthur C. Clark Award-winning author of CHILDREN OF TIME. My name is Rex. I am a good dog. Rex is also seven foot tall at the shoulder, bulletproof, bristling with heavy calibre weaponry and his voice resonates with subsonics especially designed to instil fear. With Dragon, Honey and Bees, he's part of a Multiform Assault Pack operating in the lawless anarchy of Campeche, Mexico. A genetically engineered Bioform, he's a deadly weapon in a dirty war. All he wants to be is a Good Dog. And to do that he must do exactly what Master says and Master says he's got to 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? 'Detailed and clever worldbuilding... Tchaikovsky pulls off an impressive feat in making Rex's character evolution genuinely moving. Readers will be wowed' Publishers Weekly

Men have made war for gold, for land, and to put others in chains for millennia. No invention or philosophy has changed that, not gunpowder, not airplanes, not democracy, or even splitting the atom. Whatever the era, whatever the weapon, man has made war on his neighbors. The nature of conflict never changes, because human nature has not changed. But how might that change if it were no longer just humanity going to war—if animal instincts, strengths and skill were to join the battlefield? Dogs of War is an anthology exploring what warfare looks like when the combatants are no longer fully human. It contains twenty three stories about how war changes when those who do the fighting have changed, and how much it stays just the same. Table of Contents Nosy and Wolf by Ken MacGregor After Their Kind by Taylor Harbin Succession by Devin Hallsworth Two If By Sea by Field T. Mouse The Queens’ Confederate Space Marines by Elizabeth McCoy The Loving Children by Bill McCormick Strike, But Hear Me by Jefferson P. Swycaffer End of Ages by BanWynn Oakshadow Shells On the Beach by Tom Mullins Cross of Valor Reception for the Raccoon, Tanner Williams, Declassified Transcript by John Kulp Last Man Standing by Frances Pauli Hunter’s Fall by Angela Oliver Old Regimes by Gullwulf The Shrine War by Alan Loewen The Monster in the Mist by Madison Keller Wolves in Winter by Searska GreyRaven The Third Variety by Rob Baird The Best and Worst of Worlds by Mary E. Lowd Tooth, Claw and Fang by Stephen Coghlan Sacrifice by J.N. Wolfe War of Attrition by Lisa Timpf Fathers to Sons by MikasiWolf Hoodies and Horses by Michael D. Winkle Edited by Fred Patten, Cover art by Teagan Gavet

Men have made war for gold, for land, and to put others in chains for millennia. No invention or philosophy has changed that, not gunpowder, not airplanes, not democracy, or even splitting the atom. Whatever the era, whatever the weapon, man has made war on his neighbors. The nature of conflictnever changes, because human nature has not changed. But how might that change if it were no longer just humanity going to war—if animal instincts, strengths and skill were to join the battlefield? Dogs of War is an anthology exploring what warfare looks like when the combatants are no longer fully human. It contains twenty three stories about how war changes when those who do the fighting have changed, and how much it stays just the same. Table of Contents Nosy and Wolfby Ken MacGregor After Their Kindby Taylor Harbin Successionby Devin Hallsworth Two If By Seaby Field T. Mouse The Queens’ Confederate Space Marinesby Elizabeth McCoy The Loving Childrenby Bill McCormick Strike, But Hear Meby Jefferson P. Swycaffer End of Agesby BanWynn Oakshadow Shells On the Beach by Tom Mullins Cross of Valor Reception for the Raccoon, Tanner Williams, Declassified Transcriptby John Kulp Last Man Standingby Frances Pauli Hunter’s Fallby Angela Oliver Old Regimes by Gullwulf The Shrine War by Alan Loewen The Monster in the Mistby Madison Keller Wolves in Winterby Searska GreyRaven The Third Variety by Rob Baird The Best and Worst of Worldsby Mary E. Lowd Tooth, Claw and Fangby Stephen Coghlan Sacrificeby J.N. Wolfe War of Attritionby Lisa Timpf Fathers to Sonsby MikasiWolf Hoodies and Horsesby Michael D. Winkle Edited by Fred Patten, Cover art by Teagan Gavet