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The Ghost Brigades

An Explosive Military Science Fiction Adventure

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The Ghost Brigades

By: John Scalzi
Narrated by: William Dufris
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The military SF sequel to his extraordinary Old Man's War, John Scalzi's The Ghost Brigades is the second in The Old Man's War series.

Who can you trust, if you can't trust yourself?

Three hostile alien races have united against humanity, determined to halt our expansion into space. The mastermind behind this lethal alliance is a traitor - Charles Boutin. He was a Colonial Defence Force scientist, with access to their biggest military secrets. Now the CDF's only hope is to discover Boutin's plan. Trouble is, Boutin's dead.

As a super-soldier created from Boutin's own DNA, Jared Dirac may have answers. However, when Dirac fails to access the scientist's memories, he's transferred to the Ghost Brigades for training. These elite troops are also cloned from the dead, so he might fit in. But will Dirac's memory return as the enemy plots the fate of humankind? And whose side is Dirac really on?

Continue the gripping space war series with The Last Colony.

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Critic reviews

A mix of Starship Troopers and Universal Soldier, Ghost evokes awakening, betrayal, and combat in the best military sci-fi tradition.
Scalzi's prose harkens back to the Golden Age of science fiction while still remaining fresh and vibrant
Like Old Man's War, The Ghost Brigades is thinking fans' space opera . . . The Ghost Brigades maintains Scalzi's standing as one of SF's most rewarding purveyors of thrilling, gut-wrenching, and thoughtful space opera
If anyone stands at the core of the American science fiction tradition at the moment, it is Scalzi.
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... But nothing like the first book so maybe expectations were too high. Great author in general.

It was fine

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loved it. well crafted story with good characters. narrator is top notch also. a good continuation of the series.

fantastic book

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The connection to Old Man's Army was tenuous. The previous book was told from the first person and this book takes the worlds, but not the character, and moves to the third person.
the narration suffers from he said, she said, even when there are conversations between two people and it is jarring. Otherwise narration is good.
story is not as innovative or rewarding for the reader. The characters come across as flat and didn't provide any emotional contact. However, story was still a cut above the average scifi book.

Not really a sequel

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A Great installment for the Old mans war series. I'm looking forward to the next book.

A Great installment for the Old mans war series

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the performance is great but there is no need to say who said what if there are voices he is doing for each character

too many he said she said but great story,

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