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The Light Brigade

By: Kameron Hurley
Narrated by: Cara Gee, Jackie Sanders
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From the Hugo Award­­-winning author of The Stars Are Legion comes a brand-new science-fiction thriller about a futuristic war during which soldiers are broken down into light in order to get them to the front lines on Mars.

They said the war would turn us into light. I wanted to be counted among the heroes who gave us this better world.

The Light Brigade: it’s what soldiers fighting the war against Mars call the ones who come back...different. Grunts in the corporate corps get busted down into light to travel to and from interplanetary battlefronts. Everyone is changed by what the corps must do in order to break them down into light. Those who survive learn to stick to the mission brief - no matter what actually happens during combat.

Dietz, a fresh recruit in the infantry, begins to experience combat drops that don’t sync up with the platoon’s. Dietz’s bad drops tell a story of the war that’s not at all what the corporate brass want the soldiers to think is going on.

Is Dietz really experiencing the war differently, or is it combat madness? Trying to untangle memory from mission brief and survive with sanity intact, Dietz is ready to become a hero - or maybe a villain; in war, it’s hard to tell the difference.

A worthy successor to classic stories like Downbelow Station, Starship Troopers, and The Forever War, The Light Brigade is award-winning author Kameron Hurley’s gritty time-bending take on the future of war.

©2019 Kameron Hurley (P)2019 Simon & Schuster
Military Science Fiction Space Opera Time Travel Fiction War Solider Interstellar Solar System
Thought-provoking Narrative • Complex Time Travel • Compelling Military Sci-fi • Unique Dystopian Premise • Perfect Tone
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An amazing modern Military sci-fi. A beautiful spiritual follow-up to Heinlein's 'Staship Troopers' but elevated to the next level. Wrapping a similar story in a time travel mystery. I strongly recommend to fans of military sci-fi, time travel stories and a dozen other subgenres.

Amazing Military Sci-Fi

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For anyone contemplating Ayn Rand, Karl Marx, Donald Trump, Churchill, Hitler, Eisenhower, Lula, and thinking about 21st century economics and politics. Especially if you like a good Star Trek or Heinlein space opera...

Well told, well read.

A Must Read

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This book just flowed effortlessly from beginning to end with Cara Gee giving a great read full of passion and emotion. Thank you Cara for breathing life into Kameron’s work. I fully enjoyed it.

Cara Gee is amazing

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Lacking descriptive detail. Story was unique though I was only mildly entertained and often falling asleep...

Not all that impressed. Not very immersive...

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Beautifully structured. Unflinching. One of the best blends of drama, action, and social commentary that I've read.

Brilliant!

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just finished listening and find it hard to come up with words to describe the impact. here's some: thought provoking, visceral, funny, enthralling. this is a time travel story that totally hangs together. it's devastating at times in its critique of end-stage capitalism and the politics of fear. a scary story but ultimately an optimistic one.

as an added bonus, the audio performances are top notch, especially the interview interludes.

wow!

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Like any good time travel story, this is equal parts exhilarating and confusing. Put your thinking caps on, folks, because you'll need them to keep up with the order of events and the events and faces that flash in out of time. Not to mention that the big resolution happens at breakneck speed. I wish it had slowed just a bit, but it is what it is.

Ultimately the whole book asks you to look at something philosophical and nearly tangible and try to understand. For the most part it succeeds.

Fascinating and thought-provoking.

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From the beginning of listening to this one I wondered why I was bothering.But like a lot of books I figured it might get better as the story progressed. This one really didn't. And I have never seen any story take so long to get to such an uneventful and rewardless ending.

Really. After all that?

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Absolutely loved it. Had me in a thought provoking emotional vice that thrilled, excited, and brought me great joy. Cara Gee's narration is flawless, and truly put me in touch with the character. Thank you.

Brilliant! Compelling story. Amazing narration!

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though drawn out in parts, it was a novel and fresh story. the plausability of the plot takes a back seat to the poetry of the plot. it was hard to put down.

good read. hard to put down

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