Following on from Virtues of War and its tale of Earth’s brief war with its Centauri colonies, Ghosts of War deals with the realities for those returning home, along with the machinations of those who want to use the conflict’s aftermath for their own agendas, and those who just want to be left alone. Just because the fighting has stopped, for some of them it doesn’t mean the war is truly over.
While Virtues was a fast-paced and action-heavy story driven largely by intense and brutal combat sequences, Ghosts is a different beast entirely. Almost entirely devoid of fighting, it places far greater focus on its central characters and offers a different view of them with how they act in peacetime. Although it becomes apparent there are some Coles actually likes more than others, each is further fleshed out by their actions and reactions, while also emphasising the vast spectrum of how
from Horror and Sci Fi Magazines http://www.starburstmagazine.com/reviews/book-reviews-latest-literary-releases/16073-ghostsofwar
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