Ergebnis von "Linda Nagata" in Literatur & Belletristik

Lieutenant James Shelley und seine Einheit von Soldaten der US-Army befanden sich auf einem Kreuzzug für die Gerechtigkeit, als sie die unautorisierte Mission Erstes Licht ausführten. Sie kehrten nach Amerika zurück, um sich vor einem Kriegsgericht zu verantworten - entschlossen, die Korruption in der Befehlskette aufzudecken, die sie zu ihren Taten gezwungen hat.

In einem ländlichen Gebiet der afrikanischen Sahelzone befehligt Lieutenant James Shelley eine hochtechnisierte Einheit von Soldaten. Jede Nacht jagen sie während grauenvoller Patrouillen Aufständische und befolgen dabei drei simple Ziele: Beschützt Zivilisten, tötet den Feind und bleibt am Leben. Denn in einem von der Verteidigungsindustrie inszenierten, profitorientierten Krieg gibt es keinen Grund, aus dem man sterben sollte.

Diejenigen, die ihm am nächsten stehen, halten ihn für tot. Und der ehemalige Army Lieutenant James Shelley hat nicht vor, etwas daran zu ändern. Dennoch wird er von einer Organisation für verdeckte Operationen rekrutiert, die sich ganz dem Red, einer hochentwickelten künstlichen Intelligenz, verschrieben hat und mit dessen Hilfe die Welt vor Bedrohungen schützen will.

Lieutenant James Shelley, who has an uncanny knack for premeditating danger, leads a squad of advanced US Army military tasked with enforcing the peace around a conflict in sub-Saharan Africa. The squad members are linked wirelessly 24/7 to themselves and a central intelligence that guides them via drone relay - and unbeknownst to Shelley and his team, they are being recorded for a reality TV show.

Urban is no longer master of the fearsome starship Dragon. Driven out by the hostile, godlike entity, Lezuri, he has taken refuge aboard the most distant vessel in his outrider fleet. Though Lezuri remains formidable, he is a broken god, commanding only a fragment of the knowledge that once was his. He is desperate to return home to the ring-shaped artificial world he created at the height of his power, where he can recover the memory of forgotten technologies. 

Lieutenant James Shelley and his squad of US Army soldiers were on a quest for justice when they carried out the unauthorized mission known as First Light. They returned home to America to face a court-martial, determined to expose the corruption in the chain of command that compelled their actions. But in a country still reeling from the nuclear terrorism of Coma Day, the courtroom is just one battlefield of many.

James Shelley has left his lover, Delphi, and his companion-in-arms, Jayne Vasquez, with a fortune acquired from a fallen oligarch. They believe him to be dead, and he doesn't try to set the record straight. His long-running question has been answered: There are other soldiers like him who have served the purposes of the Red - and he has accepted his place among them.

Scarred by war, in pursuit of truth. Army veteran True Brighton left the service when the development of robotic helicopters made her training as a pilot obsolete. Now she works at Requisite Operations, a private military company established by friend and former Special Ops soldier Lincoln Han. Robotics, big data, and artificial intelligence are all tools used to augment the skills of veteran warfighters-for-hire. But the tragedy of war is still measured in human casualties.

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