![]() ![]() To this end, she remains fully subscribed to the threat of leftist bogeymen, even though she has never actually seen a Martian. Her qualms about the corps’ rampant capitalism and the system’s role in her traumatic childhood are belied by her desperate wish to retain her self-image as a holy warrior, defender of the righteous. From the first, her eyes are half-open to the lies she has been fed, but she is not quite brave enough to accept the need to fundamentally reassess her worldview. Dietz is, loosely, a disillusioned right-wing nationalist. Those who do not qualify for corps citizenship are poverty-stricken ‘ghouls’, and the Martians are alleged communists, hungry to dismantle everything that hardworking corps citizens have built. The setting is extremely dystopian, with control of Earth’s citizens split between six giant corporations. Our protagonist, Dietz, is an army grunt in Earth’s crusade against the Martians, who are responsible for blinking São Paulo out of existence. At its heart, this is a novel about the futile brutality of war. Kameron Hurley portrays a far-flung tomorrow, complete with time travel and interplanetary teleportation, but these futuristic elements do not overshadow the narrative’s human struggles. ![]() The Light Brigade is a standalone military sci-fi novel, with emphasis on military. After much umming and ahhing, I’ve settled on four stars, rounded up from 3.75. ![]()
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