Description
In a future where humanity faces an unprecedented alliance of three alien races bent on halting our expansion into space, the Colonial Defense Forces turn to an extraordinary solution: Jared Dirac, a superhuman hybrid cloned from the DNA of the traitorous military scientist Charles Boutin. When a consciousness transfer designed to unlock Boutin's secrets appears to fail, Jared is assigned to the Ghost Brigades—elite Special Forces soldiers engineered from the dead and stripped of normal human morality. As Boutin's memories slowly surface within him, Jared must grapple with his own identity while hunting down his "father" and uncovering the reasons behind humanity's greatest betrayal. With time running out before the alien alliance launches its devastating offensive, Jared discovers that the line between soldier and person, loyalty and free will, is far more complicated than anyone anticipated. This gripping military science fiction sequel masterfully blends intense combat action with profound philosophical questions about the nature of humanity in an age of advanced technology.
Available Editions
paperback
Tom Doherty Associates
Published May 1, 2007
374 pages
ISBN: 9780765354068
Reviews
1 rating
No written reviews yet.
Details
First Published
2007
Language
en
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi.