New Books in Science Fiction — Kameron Hurley, "The Light Brigade" (Saga Press, 2019)

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Kameron Hurley, "The Light Brigade" (Saga Press, 2019)

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Some war stories emphasize heroism and a higher purpose; others emphasize brutality and disillusionment. The first kind of story got Dietz, the narrator of Kameron Hurley’s military science fiction novel The Light Brigade (Saga Press, 2019), to enlist in a war against aliens from Mars. The second is the story that…

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