Read in August 3 - Synbat

Bob Mayer is the author here. His books are a kind of guilty pleasure. Mayer is an ex-green beret and he writes exciting and realistic combat stories. This one is kind of "Michael Crichton meets Tom Clancy". It's about genetically engineered, i.e. synthetic, battle "forms". Hence...synbat. The synbats were created in a secret government project, and of course, they got loose. The Special Forces guys were called in to clean up the mess. It's actually a rather scary scenario. And a quick exciting read, as are all of his books.

Under the pseudonym of Robert Doherty, Mayer has written a great SF series, Area 51. If you're at all a "buff" of UFOs, pyramids, crystal skulls, etc., you'll love it! This series weaves every ufo/new-age urban legend you've ever heard into a rollicking adventure story. They should have made this instead of the last Indiana Jones film!