{ "item_title" : "Keepers of the Peace", "item_author" : [" Keith Brooke "], "item_description" : "...a cyber-anti-war story. Or anti-cyber-war. Cyber-dove? Whatever. Lucius Shepard and Joe Haldeman bounced off Heinlein and Gibson. (Russell Letson, Locus) Jed Brindle is an alien. At least, that's what they call him on Earth. He's really a colony-bred soldier - augmented with cyborg implants - with the Extraterran Peacekeeping Force, fighting for control of what used to be the United States. When he and his squad are sent behind enemy lines on a kidnap operation, it isn't long before things start to go wrong. Marooned in the desert with two wounded comrades and his quarry, Jed's mission becomes not just a struggle for survival but also a journey to rediscover the quiet, reliable farm boy he was before he became a machine for killing. ...should be required reading for anyone who still subscribes to the popular, dangerous fantasy of the nobility of war. (Lisa Tuttle, Time Out) This is a very fine debut novel ... Recommended both for the vision of the future and the excellent characterisation. (Paul Brazier, Nexus) It has been several years since a first novel has grabbed me the way Keith Brooke's Keepers of the Peace did. It's a well-crafted, very personal look at the way war changes (and doesn't change) a kid from the sticks ... It is smooth, clean and elegant; a very straightforward book whose writing recalls the 1950s Heinlein, telling the tale without getting in the way. (Tom Whitmore, Locus) Brooke balances action with introspection, the lyrical with a gritty documentary 'realism' in stark contrast to the usual shoot-'em-up adventure. Anyone who has thrilled to the exploits of lunar rebels or others among sf's doughty warriors should read Keepers of the Peace - as an antidote. It's a gripping story of challenge and skin-of-the-teeth survival, but it's also much more: an anti-war testament with a direct power that requires no preaching. (Faren Miller, Locus)", "item_img_path" : "https://covers1.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/1/72/280/291/172280291X_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "12.24", "online_price" : "12.24", "our_price" : "12.24", "club_price" : "12.24", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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