The Ghost Brigades

This second novel in a science fiction trilogy by John Scalzi is almost better than the first, "Old Man’s War," although the central love story is pale by comparison to the one in the first book. Still, there is a lot of thoughtfulness on the issues of human consciousness and love. Like the first book, the second one was hard to put down, even though I was reading three other non-fiction books at the time. I simply set them aside until I finished. The novel also contains a preview of the last book, "The Last Colony," which came out last month. I’ll definitely buy it, when it’s out in paperback, to find out what happens next. I might not wait for paper.