The Ghost Brigades

Author – John Scalzi

Paperback
Pages: 384 pages
Publisher: Tor Science Fiction
Release Date: February, 2006
ISBN-10: 0765354063
ISBN-13: 978-0765354068

When I first picked up John Scalzi’s first novel, Old Man’s War, I had every intention of hating it. Scalzi was bloody popular, hilarious, had droves of fans and, well… made me kind of jealous. His novel couldn’t possibly be worth the hype, right?

Almost as soon as I started the novel, though, I realized just how wrong I was. Old Man’s War was great – fresh, funny, brutal, contemplative, full of character – and I simply couldn’t bring myself to feel anything but. I wrote a glowing review and promptly went out in search of the sequel, The Ghost Brigades. Was Scalzi a one hit wonder? Or could he pull it off again?

Yes. Yes he could.
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