Bolo!

CYBERNETIC COMRADES IN ARMS BOLOS. For a millennium and a half, they have been humanity's warriors. They have fought Man's battles, died in Man's wars, battled to save Man's children, even from his own kind. They have guarded Man's worlds . . . and avenged Man's defeats. Tireless, infinitely patient, infinitely deadly, Bolos are the most fearsome fighting machines ever developed. The most lethal artificial intelligences in history. Yet they are more than that. They are not merely the weapons of their Human commanders, but their comrades. Brothers and sisters in arms, who all too often die together. But Bolos and their commanders do not die easily. Mankind's enemies have learned the price of a Bolo's death. And if Bolos and their commanders do not always die in victory, this much has always been true. They do not surrender. And they never--ever--quit. A Collection Of Four Short Novels About The Intelligent Robot Tanks Called Bolos Comprises An Omnibus Volume Dealing With Such Questions As The Limits Of Artificial Intelligence And Is Accompanied By The Author's Own Technical History Of The Bolo. Miles To Go -- The Traitor -- With Your Shield -- A Time To Kill -- A Brief Technical History Of The Bolo / By Felix Hermes. David Weber. A Baen Books Original--t.p. Verso. Controlled by their tireless electronic brains which were programmed to admit no possibility of defeat, the gigantic robot tanks known as Bolos were almost indestructible, and nearly unstoppable. Now the history of the Bolos is continued.