The Red: First Light
By: Linda Nagata
Edition: First edition.
Series: The Red
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 349
ISBN-13: 9781937197131
Subjects: Commando troops; Fiction
Notes: "Hazard notice : contains military grade profanity"--Back cover.

"Lieutenant James Shelley commands a high-tech squad of soldiers in a rural disctrict within the African Sahel.  They hunt insurgents each night on a harrowing patrol, guided by three simple goals : protect civilians, kill the enemy, and stay alive--because in a for-profit war manufactured by the defense industry there can be no cause worth dying for.  To keep his soldiers safe, Shelley uses every high-tech asset available to him--but his best weapon is a flawless sense of imminent danger as if God is with him,  whispering warnings in his ear"--Back cover.