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Binding: Mass Market Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6 EAN: 9780765354068 ISBN: 0765354063 Label: Tor Science Fiction Manufacturer: Tor Science Fiction Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 384 Publication Date: May 01, 2007 Publisher: Tor Science Fiction Studio: Tor Science Fiction Sales Rank: 4949
The Ghost Brigades are the Special Forces of the Colonial Defense Forces, elite troops created from the DNA of the dead and turned into the perfect soldiers for the CDF's toughest operations. They’re young, they’re fast and strong, and they’re totally without normal human qualms. The universe is a dangerous place for humanity—and it's about to become far more dangerous. Three races that humans have clashed with before have allied to halt our expansion into space. Their linchpin: the turncoat military scientist Charles Boutin, who knows the CDF’s biggest military secrets. To prevail, the CDF must find out why Boutin did what he did.
Jared Dirac is the only human who can provide answers -- a superhuman hybrid, created from Boutin's DNA, Jared’s brain should be able to access Boutin's electronic memories. But when the memory transplant appears to fail, Jared is given to the Ghost Brigades.
At first, Jared is a perfect soldier, but as Boutin’s memories slowly surface, Jared begins to intuit the reason’s for Boutin’s betrayal. As Jared desperately hunts for his "father," he must also come to grips with his own choices. Time is running out: The alliance is preparing its offensive, and some of them plan worse things than humanity’s mere military defeat…
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Rating: - Finally a new SF writer I can embrace
As someone who grew up on Heinlein, Clarke and Asimov, I have had a really hard time embracing some of the currently popular writers. Actually there seems to be a trend back to a more "scientific" science ... Read More
Rating: - Great continuation of Old Man's War
I loved Old Man's War (who over 50 would not- great premise made into a great adventure with lots of action and suspense) and this one continues with more character development and poses good questions that ... Read More
Rating: - Life with purpose
Having a purpose in life sounds good - as long as it's your own. Scalzi's "Ghost Brigades" don't have that luxury. These men and women are built for the army's purpose, to fight and usually to die. Jared Dirac, ... Read More
Rating: - Okay Second Book
Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi
This book is the second in the universe Scalzi introduced readers to in Old Man's War. While not really a sequel, readers are able to reconnect with major characters from ... Read More
Rating: - TOOO SLOW
Very slow read- it took almost 1/4 of the book to develop the main character and the next 150 pages had minimal action.
The first book "Old Man's War" kept your interest much more fully than this sequel. ... Read More
- Finally a new SF writer I can embrace
- Life with purpose
- Okay Second Book