The Red: First Light
A Fiction, Science Fiction, War book. We hold each other and Im shaking, because Im thinking how close...
"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. (Hazard Notice: contains military grade profanity.)
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Everybodys got a place in the world, their one best role. Most people spend their whole life trying to figure out what that is, Linda Nagata, The Red: First Light // We hold each other and Im shaking, because Im thinking how close I came to losing her. If shed been closer to ground zero in San Diego, shed be dead now. So many people are dead, because for decades citizens like me and my dad, my uncle, and Lissas parentsgood peoplequietly financed war after war because its easier to pay our taxes than to risk our livelihoods by trying to change the system. Our silence let wealth accumulate in the hands of people like Thelma Sheridan, people who came to believe they could buy absolutely anything, even innocence. Linda... Is that a robo-rat? Linda Nagata, The Red: First Light //
As the saying goes, you don't get a second chance to make a first impression. The first impression I had from this book was not good. As you can see from the 4-star rating, I changed my mind.Honestly, I'm not sure why I kept reading after the opening pages. The main character was speaking in polemic infodumps which felt clumsy and out... Military SF with a twist. Was eager to get started on this first venture by Maui-an Linda Nagata into this sub-genre. The audiobook took a while to get to Audible, and all I had to go on was a real teaser of a first chapter.Anyway, the story starts with an escalating sequence of battle scenes involving a squad of grunts led by ill-fated... Ready, Set, Fight for what you believe!This is a fairly fast-action milspec SF with great cyberpunk tones, but it's still more than just that. I mean, how many times do you get a modern military thriller with thematic tones of Daniel and Goliath, prophets, and some serious questioning of reality?Oh, wait... :)Still, this is one of easiest...
