Even the sergeant isn't immune to that, ;she has had herself surgically augmented so she can arch one eyebrow to enhance a look of withering scorn. It's those little things that run throughout both books in this omnibus that make them so much better then the average war story.
Tanya Huff is not your typical hard science fiction writer either; aside from these two books, the rest of her writing has been either more fantastical or in the horror genre. Perhaps it's that sensibility that makes the tone of these books slightly off-centre and far more appealing then your run-of-the-mill war story. Although both novels make no apologies for being very sympathetic to the military, they also make no concessions to that genre either. If you like hard science fiction, but have grown tired of the attitudes and clichés that accompany it this is the perfect antidote.
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1 - Natalie Bennett
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