Her self-image is too heroic for that: she sees herself as a paladin, doing the right thing, helping others. The glitches - which include people being fused with objects or with each other, going insane, and/or coming back with parts in the wrong places - happen at a rate considered acceptable when compared with historical non-combat causality rates of soldiers (stuff like dying from disease and mundane transportation accidents).ĭietz's personal stake not withstanding, she does not devolve into vengeful brutality. Basically, they use a Star Trek-esque transporter technology that glitches just a bit more than does its inspiration. What makes the corporate armies novel is how they get around. Dietz's family, what was left of it, had been in São Paulo, and Mars destroyed most of the city, making this war about as personal as it gets for her. They fight for one of the corporations against Mars. (And/or read the author's other book, The Stars Are Legion.)ĭietz and her fellow soldiers do not serve in just any army. If you're looking for fast-paced sci-fi action, read this book. The story it tells, that of soldier Gina Dietz in a war between the several corporations that own/run Earth and the humans of Mars, blazes along. It grabbed hold of me and did not let go until the end.
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