Scifi Military adventure..

[SCbeerguy]

Hi - looking for a tale I read many years ago! Premise of the story was there was man who hid himself within a catacomb with many traps and pitfalls to isolate himself from the world (and I believe all the noise from people IEsionics). He is eventually found and recruited to fight against the grey men. Our hero was deemed a "colonial" and gets an armor mesh embedded into his body which allows him to fight freely within all environments including space. I read the story in the late 70's

 

[Cat's Cradle]

Greetings, SCbeerguy. The first 1/2 of your description sounds very similar to Robert Silverberg's fine novel The Man In the Maze, from 1969. But the MC of this book is a diplomat, if I recall correctly, and not a soldier. But perhaps take a look at the description of the Silverberg book at Wikipedia to see what you think. Best of luck with your search, CC

 

[Mad Alice]

It sounds like Man In The Maze to me as well. So, ditto to Cat's Cradle's post.

 

[SCbeerguy]

Super! Thanks - I suspect i may have a couple of stories combined. IF anyone has any insight on the second part with the mesh armor fella - that would be appreciated!