{"product_id":"the-light-brigade-9781481447966","title":"The Light Brigade","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the Hugo Award---winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Stars Are Legion \u003c\/i\u003ecomes 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThey said the war would turn us into light. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eI wanted to be counted among the heroes who gave us this better world. \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDietz, a fresh recruit in the infantry, begins to experience combat drops that don't sync up with the platoon's. And 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIs 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA worthy successor to classic stories like \u003ci\u003eDownbelow Station\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStarship Troopers\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e The Forever War\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Light Brigade\u003c\/i\u003e is award-winning author Kameron Hurley's gritty time-bending take on the future of war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gallery \/ Saga Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/19\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781481447966\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2019 pg. 67\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2019 pg. 41\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/26\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2019 pg. 51\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/26\/2019\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Kameron Hurley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36653000163484,"sku":"9781481447966","price":22.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-light-brigade-9781481447966","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}