Keepers of the Peace
by Keith Brooke
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"...should be required reading for anyone who still subscribes to the popular, dangerous fantasy of the nobility of war." (Lisa Tuttle, Time Out)"It has been several years since a first novel has grabbed me the way Keith Brooke's 'Keepers of the Peace' did. It's a well-crafted, very personal look at the way war changes (and doesn't change) a kid from the sticks ... It is smooth, clean and elegant; a very straightforward book whose writing recalls the 1950s Heinlein, telling the tale without show more getting in the way." (Tom Whitmore, Locus)
"This is a very fine debut novel ... Recommended both for the vision of the future and the excellent characterisation." (Paul Brazier, Nexus)
"Brooke balances action with introspection, the lyrical with a gritty documentary 'realism' in stark contrast to the usual shoot-'em-up adventure. Anyone who has thrilled to the exploits of lunar rebels or others among sf's doughty warriors should read Keepers of the Peace - as an antidote. It's a gripping story of challenge and skin-of-the-teeth survival, but it's also much more: an anti-war testament with a direct power that requires no preaching." (Faren Miller, Locus)
"...a cyber-anti-war story. Or anti-cyber-war. Cyber-dove? Whatever. Lucius Shepard and Joe Haldeman bounced off Heinlein and Gibson." (Russell Letson, Locus)
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A straightforward young-soldier's-rite-of-passage tale, a la Heinlein's Starship Troopers, Haldeman's The Forever War, or Lucius Shepard's Life During Wartime, and TBH not quite of the quality of any of those. But competent enough, and I'll keep an eye out for his other two novels.
A straightforward young-soldier's-rite-of-passage tale, a la Heinlein's Starship Troopers, Haldeman's The Forever War, or Lucius Shepard's Life During Wartime, and TBH not quite of the quality of any of those. But competent enough, and I'll keep an eye out for his other two novels.
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Keith Brooke is the author of 11 science-fiction and fantasy novels, including The Accord and Genetopia. Founder of the online genre fiction showcase, infinity plus, and a regular book reviewer, he also teaches creative writing at the University of Essex.
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