Description
| Product ID: | 9781447295389 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | The Old Man’s War series |
| Title: | The Ghost Brigades |
| Authors: | Author: John Scalzi |
| Page Count: | 352 |
| Subjects: | Science fiction, Science fiction |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Hard-core science fiction at its very best, The Ghost Brigades follows John Scalzi's military SF novel Old Man's War. <p><b>The military science fiction sequel to his extraordinary <i>Old Man's War</i>, John Scalzi's <i>The Ghost Brigades</i> is the second in The Old Man's War series. </b><br><br><b>Who can you trust, if you can't trust yourself?</b><br><br>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.<br><br>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?<br><br><b>'A mix of Starship Troopers and Universal Soldier, Ghost evokes awakening, betrayal, and combat in the best military sci-fi tradition.' – <i>Entertainment Weekly</i></b><br><br><b>Continue the gripping space war series with <i>The Last Colony</i>.</b></p> |
| Imprint Name: | Tor |
| Publisher Name: | Pan Macmillan |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2015-11-05 |