Combat or military fiction is a genre in literature that combines elements of fiction and action. As a rule, works written in this genre tell of a war taking place in the distant future. Fighting science fiction usually became popular when tensions increased in the world and interstate conflicts arose. The trend itself appeared in the 1960s during the Cold War and the Vietnam War.
Many famous science fiction writers worked in this genre: Harry Harrison - “Steel Rat”, Robert Heinlein - “Starship Troopers”, Nick Perumov - “Empire Above All” and others. One of the representatives of combat science fiction is Igor Paul.
Biography
The future writer was born on August 9, 1963 in Krasnoyarsk. Paul is not a pseudonym, but a real surname of German origin. Igor Pol received his higher education in his hometown, graduating from the Siberian State Technological University and receiving the degree of engineer-economist. After this, Paul went to the army and served in an elite formation - a special-purpose division named after Dzerzhinsky.
Before becoming a professional writer, Igor Paul was engaged in entrepreneurship, and also worked as a programmer. In 2005, Eksmo Publishing House published its first work entitled “Guardian Angel 320”, which became the first part in the cycle-dilogy “Guardian Angel”. It was then that Paul decided to devote himself completely to creativity and make writing his main activity. The latest book by Igor Pol - “Personal Number 777” - was released in 2010.
Creation. Cycles and Series
Currently, the author owns 7 novels. Almost all the books of Igor Pol are included in any cycles.
The Guardian Angel series includes two novels: Guardian Angel 320 and Nostalgia. The plot takes place in the distant future, which is a classic for the genre of science fiction. Mankind has already mastered a large number of worlds, therefore the most popular profession in the universe is the profession of a soldier. The military protects people from alien invaders and other enemies.
The main character is Sergey Petrovsky. Together with him, the reader will go a long way, watching how Petrovsky from an inexperienced rookie becomes a real soldier.
The Captain series (2006) also includes two works: The Idiot's Journey and Meet Me - Eugene Wells, Captain. In the center of events is a fighter pilot shot down over the ocean. There is no one next to the person except the mobile infantry support complex.
Separate works
Igor Paul also wrote three separate novels not included in the series: “Stamped Happiness. Year 2180 "(2006)," Carrying Freedom "(2007) and" Personal Number 777 "(2010").
The book “Stamped happiness. Year 2180 ”tells about Corporal Zhoslen Role the Third - a soldier created by scientists artificially. He becomes a participant in the events that led to the start of the Second Martian War.
In the novel "Freedom Bearing", the action takes place on the planet Faraj. The three main characters are a television correspondent, a military police lieutenant and an intelligence agency agent. By the will of circumstances, their fates are intertwined.
In the story of Personal Number 777, the farmer Brooke Adams was drafted into the space infantry and thrown into the epicenter of the war. He has to make a choice - to remain himself or turn into a ruthless killing machine.