(Sean
Williams & Shane Dix)
In the bubble of
space known as the Cogal, seven sentient races co-exist uneasily. Peace is always short lived. Commander Megan Moroney,
Intelligence Officer for the
There,
accompanied by the mysterious castaway, John Nine, a rebel cyborg
and a powerful young mind-rider, Moroney will come to
question everything she holds true. What
is the relevance of a war fought three hundred years ago? And where should she place her allegiance,
when even what it means to be human is cast into doubt?
In the Cogal, the
truth is never quite what it seems.
"The Unknown Soldier is a good military
SF adventure romp ... entertaining, enjoyable ... the reader looking for a
rousing military SF adventure won't find better." Eidolon
"I expected
fast-paced, mindless space opera. Instead, [The
Unknown Soldier] provides fast-paced, thoughtful
space opera ... Sean Williams and Shane Dix are clearly writers to watch for,
new talents from the land that brought us Bertram Chandler, Terry Dowling, Sean
McMullen and Greg Egan." The Leading Edge
"[A]
dark adventure. I thought of both Niven modified by Bester, or, better yet, of Iain Banks's similarly layered Against A Dark Background ... More than power fantasies or
convoluted intrigues, it is this sense of a large and dark universe, full of
wonders and horrors, secret histories and long-held grudges, that promised to
make [the world of The Unknown Soldier]
an interesting place to revisit." Locus