She didn't press. Commanders prefer facts; miracles are messy. Instead she ordered me to log the suit as a salvage item and assign it chain-of-custody. I did what I was told. I wrote numbers and forms into the ship's ledger, which meant I was also writing the suit into a bureaucracy that could never understand its inside jokes.

In the distant future of James S.A. Corey ’s The Captive’s War universe, follows Kirin Foss, a soldier locked in an eternal struggle against the ruthless alien Carryx. The story centers on a specialized infantry that melds with "livesuits"—advanced, bio-mechanical armor that effectively turns humans into "robot killing machines" for the duration of their tour. The Nature of the Livesuit

: The "Livesuit" is a form of advanced biological armor that bonds with a soldier's body. While it makes soldiers incredibly lethal and self-sustaining, it also gradually replaces their limbs and organs, leading to a loss of their original human identity.

is the pen name for collaborators Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck. They are best known for The Expanse series.