Title: Better than the first
Product review: Jared Dirac is a member of a unique military unit called the Ghost Brigades, created from the DNA of dead recruits and then seriously genetically enhanced. Unlike the others, Jared was cloned from a living person, Charles Loubotin, who has defected to the enemy with secrets the Colonial Defense Force is desperate to keep. At first Jared seems like a failed experiment as he has none of Loubotin's memories, but slowly they start to filter into his brain, creating conflict between the viewpoint he inherited with his DNA, and the soldier he has to be.The feel is different enough from Old Man's War that some people were disappointed with this book. I think this was so much better, combining military SF with psychology, philosophy, and ethics. And I LOVE Old Man's War - high praise for both books. Ghost Brigades made me so sad I actually reread it hoping I'd missed something. I hadn't. I think it's safe to say this is the only SF I've read that made me sob like someone died.
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