Rika's Marauders
Rika's Marauders is the tale of one woman's struggle to become human again after being turned into a mechanized warrior. Rika must battle terrible enemies, face impossible odds, and struggle to stay alive, but that is not her biggest battle. Cast aside by the military that made her, mech-meat Rika claws her way from indentured cyborg to commander of her own mercenary company across seven novels of mech-driven military science fiction.
By M.D. Cooper
Books in this series
Rika Outcast
Book 1
Rika is mech-meat, a cyborg killing machine, created by the Genevian military and cast aside when the war was lost. Now she slings cargo on Dekar Station, falling deeper in debt as she struggles to make enough money to keep her cybernetic body functioning. The local gangs would love to have her join their ranks, and the takings would pay her bills, but the only thing Rika hates more than… more
Rika Redeemed
Book 2
Rika is a Marauder. After years of drifting aimlessly after the war with the Nietzscheans, she has finally found a home with the Marauders—a mercenary outfit comprised of Genevian veterans. Back in the war, Rika hated her government, but always fought for the woman next to her. Now she fights for her teammates in Basilisk, an elite spec-ops team that takes on the toughest missions. When General Mill, CO of… more
Rika Triumphant
Book 3
The time for ass-kicking is nigh. * Survive war with Nietzschea - CHECK * Deal with trauma of being sold at auction - CHECK * Stop an assassination - CHECK * Conquer the discipline chip in her head - CHECK * Topple the Politica - CHECK * Save the woman who once saved her - CHECK Rika's demons have been put to rest, and she's been given command of a… more
Rika Commander
Book 4
Rika has rescued the Allies’ Field Marshal. Now she has new orders. After a harrowing fight and escape on the surface of Pyra, Rika finds that she has saved the life of one of the most powerful women in the galaxy: Tanis Richards. Tanis is building an alliance with the goal of defeating a far-off enemy called the Orion Freedom Alliance. The OFA is waging it’s side of the war… more
Rika Infiltrator
Book 5
The Nietzschean Empire will never know what hit them... Rika’s Marauders have defeated the Nietzscheans at Sepe, completing the Allies annihilation of the enemy fleet that attacked Thebes. But Rika knows this is just the beginning. Field Marshal Richards has given her fresh intel and a new target: a planet named Kansas in the Blue Ridge System. Rika and her marauders launch a surprise attack on the world, but the… more
Rika Unleashed
Book 6
Rika’s Marauders are reunited—almost. In Iberia, five mechs are fighting for survival against an entire star system and Rika is bringing the entire force to rescue them. Upon arrival, they discover that time is of the essence and the time it takes to fly across a star system may be days longer than the stranded mechs have. Desperate times call for desperate measures. Rika will do the unthinkable to save… more
Rika Conqueror
Book 7
A mission to Parsons yields unexpected news... When Chase travels to the Parsons System in advance of the main Marauder force, he stumbles upon a piece of intel that changes the course of the incursion into Nietzschean space. Now Rika must prepare to strike at the heart of the enemy occupation and begin the true task of freeing Genevia.
If you like...
- The Murderbot Diaries: a constructed soldier clawing her humanity back one mission at a time, for readers who loved the self-discovery of Martha Wells's Murderbot
- Old Man's War: soldiers rebuilt into engineered combat bodies and the price of getting your self back, echoing John Scalzi's Old Man's War