Sunday 6 October 2013

Shout-Out: The Red: First Light by Linda Nagata

I found out about this book when Tor.com posted an excerpt a little while back.  It sounds pretty interesting.

There Needs To Be A War Going On Somewhere: Lieutenant James Shelley commands a high-tech squad of soldiers in a rural district 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.

2 comments:

Paul Weimer said...

Shaun Duke and I interviewed Linda in March: http://skiffyandfanty.com/2013/03/15/136-linda-nagata-a-k-a-the-drone-samurai-the-red-first-light-an-interview/

Jessica Strider said...

Cool, I'll have to check that out.