Goodreads synopsis: It’s the war story he’s dreamed of. But the battle may cost him his mind.
Military journalist Raymin Dahl thinks he’s finally getting the story of a lifetime. Secret peace talks on a remote tropical moon are about to surrender five colonized worlds—and six hundred million civilians—to a ruthless enemy.
But when his commanding officer, Captain Ansell Sterling, is fatally wounded before the negotiations can begin, Dahl can no longer just report on the mission. He’s ordered to complete it. With help from the AI embedded in Sterling’s comms bracelet, Dahl must impersonate his commander—a Marine Corps hero and psychological operations expert.
However, Sterling’s AI may be luring him to surrender more than he realizes. And the mission Corporal Dahl thinks he’s running isn't the only operation underway.
My rating: 3 stars.
Content warnings: PG-13. Some sci-fi violence.
Thoughts: I think I read this book a little too fast and missed a couple things that would have made it easier to follow, but I did really enjoy it. Especially near the end, thematically I really appreciated something it was saying, and it's no surprise since I mostly agree with this author's perspective on things. The ending was mindblowing, and something I'm still churning over for myself, but it was worth reading and a lot of fun.
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