The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi, 374 pages
From the MARC: "When humanity is threatened by three adversarial races who would halt the world's expansion into space, Jared Dirac, a super-power clone, tries to discover why the scientist who gave him his DNA has revealed key military secrets."
It is a bold choice to write a sequel around a completely new character who may or may not be a traitor, but that choice isn't the only reason The Ghost Brigades is an engaging read. After discovering how the Special Forces of the CFU are made, we get a raw perspective into their lives. The story moved briskly and brutally, ending in a bittersweet "happy" ending that was just the right amount of cloying.
