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Reality TV and advanced technology make for high drama in this political thriller that combines the military action of Zero Dark Thirty with the classic science fiction of The Forever War. Lieutenant James Shelley, who has an uncanny knack for premeditating danger, leads a squad of advanced US Army military tasked with enforcing the peace around a conflict in sub-Saharan Africa. The squad members are linked wirelessly 247 to themselves and a central intelligence that guides them via drone relayand unbeknownst to Shelley and his team, they are being recorded for a reality TV show. When an airstrike almost destroys their outpost, a plot begins to unravel thats worthy of Crichton and Clancys best. The conflict soon involves rogue defense contractors, corrupt US politicians, and homegrown terrorists who possess nuclear bombs.
About the Author
Linda Nagata's work has been nominated for the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, John W. Campbell Memorial, and Theodore Sturgeon Memorial awards. She has won the Nebula and is a two-time winner of the Locus award.She's best known for her high-tech science fiction, including the near-future thriller, THE LAST GOOD MAN, and the Red trilogy, an intersection of artificial intelligence and military fiction. The first book in the trilogy, THE RED: FIRST LIGHT, was named as a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2015. Her newest novel is EDGES, book 1 in the series Inverted Frontier.Linda has lived most of her life in Hawaii, where she's been a writer, a mom, a programmer of database-driven websites, and an independent publisher. She lives with her husband in their long-time home on the island of Maui.
