The Ghost Brigades
- Author John Scalzi
- Narrator William Dufris
- Publisher Pan Macmillan
- Run Time 10 hours and 28 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Science fiction: military, Science fiction: space opera.
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What to expect
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.
Critics Review
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A mix of Starship Troopers and Universal Soldier, Ghost evokes awakening, betrayal, and combat in the best military sci-fi tradition.
Entertainment Weekly -
Scalzi’s prose harkens back to the Golden Age of science fiction while still remaining fresh and vibrant
Strange Horizons -
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
SF Reviews -
If anyone stands at the core of the American science fiction tradition at the moment, it is Scalzi.
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