num_pages: 240
description: "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 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, he begins to intuit the reasons 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 our enemies plan worse things than humanity's mere military defeat.
language: English
title: The Ghost Brigades
titlecomplete: The Ghost Brigades (Old Man's War, #2)
characters: Jane Sagan, Harry Wilson, Jared Dirac, Charles Boutin
genres: Fiction, Space Opera, Science Fiction Fantasy, Science Fiction, Military Science Fiction, War, Space, Aliens, Military Fiction, Audiobook
ratings_count: 81792
series: Old Man's War
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Locus Award
category: Best SF Novel, awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Prometheus Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1230796800000
name: Seiun Award 星雲賞
category: Best Translated Long Form
publisher: Subterranean Press