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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Aerrin99 | Jun 2, 2009 |   Some really intriguing characters... most of whom die. You really don't want to be a Scalzi character. Can't wait for the next one, we'll see if I weaken and buy it instead of using the library. (  )Theodosia | May 10, 2009 | 1  Interesting take on how to make pseudo-humans without a childhood. There wasn't much of the "ghost" aspect: I was expecting more stories about the original owners of the DNA. lisa2 | Apr 22, 2009 | tpi | Apr 11, 2009 | www.snigel.nu | Apr 11, 2009 | 0.098 seconds to build listing  no reviews | add a review
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0765354063, Mass Market Paperback)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… (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:52 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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This book is a ton of action-and-character-packed fun, and because of that, it's easy to miss that it's also something else - an interesting study about identity, nature vs nuture, culture, consciousness, intelligence, and a host of other things.
The opening scene is just fantastic, a fast way of reminding you that this world is not like ours, and expectations and assumptions should be set aside.
The main character, Jared Dirac, is truly a member of the Ghost Brigades - more so than any of his other special forces platoonmates. He's a clone created to receive the consciousness of a man who's decided to turn traitor against the human race - but it doesn't quite take properly, and Jared's left to form his own personality. No one really knows whether the imprinted consciousness will ever kick in - or what will happen once it does. (