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The Ghost Brigades
Old Man’s War (Related to this series)
- Author
- John Scalzi
- Narrator
- William Dufris
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 21 March 2017
- Run Time
- 10 hours 26 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Science fiction: military, Science fiction: space opera, Humorous fiction, Hard science fiction
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
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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
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Scalzi's prose harkens back to the Golden Age of science fiction while still remaining fresh and vibrant
Strange Horizons
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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
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If anyone stands at the core of the American science fiction tradition at the moment, it is Scalzi.
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction
User Reviews
Book 5.0
Narration 5.0
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Details
- Author
- John Scalzi
- Narrator
- William Dufris
- Duration
- 10 hours 26 minutes
- Release Date
- 21 March 2017
- ISBN
- 9781509864553
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- Science fiction: military, Science fiction: space opera, Humorous fiction, Hard science fiction
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
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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