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"It's not just good...it's the mil-sf book I wish I could send back in
time to beat out Forever War for a Hugo. I never would have guessed
McCarthy was an analyst...I was sure he'd been on the pointy end for
a long time." - Ernest Lilley, Reviewer Emeritus, SF Revu
"It's not often that a sci-fi military-thriller mass paperback will remind
you of a Pulitzer nominee, but that's certainly the case with T.C.
McCarthy's absolutely astounding literary debut, Germline. Astute
readers will also see a lot of Graham Greene and Ernest Hemingway
in this book." -Chicago Center for Literature and Photography
"Compelling debut," "a portrait of the effects of battlefield stress that
is difficult to bear but impossible to put down," and "one of the best
SFF novels of Fall 2011." - Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
"The Character of Oscar Wendell is brilliantly written...One of the
most compelling science fiction books I've read all year, Germline is
much more than a novel about a futuristic war." -Impact Magazine
"Gritty and furious debut novel" and "a fantastic story of what war
may become" -Adventures in Sci-Fi Publishing
"Rapid-fire military sf adventure that explores the relationship
between the runaway development of technology and biotech and the
long-term conequences that ensue." -Library Journal
"A tour de force about a futuristic war and its aftermath." -SF Revu
"It takes real skill to lead a reader into actually seeing, smelling, and
hearing (and maybe even tasting) the realities of war." -Wired.com
"A well written novel that makes you consider the costs of war in
very personal terms." - SF Signal
From the back cover:
Germline (n.) the genetic material contained in a cellular lineage
which can be passed to the next generation. Also: secret military
program to develop genetically engineered super-soldiers (slang).
War is Oscar Wendell's ticket to greatness. A reporter for The Stars
and Stripes, he has the only one way pass to the front lines of a
brutal war over natural resources buried underneath the icy, mineral
rich mountains of Kazakhstan.
But war is nothing like he expected. Heavily armored soldiers battle
genetically engineered troops hundreds of meters below the surface.
The genetics-the germline soldiers-are the key to winning this war,
but some inventions can't be un-done. Some technologies can't be put
back in the box.
Kaz will change everything, not least Oscar himself. Hooked on a
dangerous cocktail of adrenaline and drugs, Oscar doesn't find the
war, the war finds him.
time to beat out Forever War for a Hugo. I never would have guessed
McCarthy was an analyst...I was sure he'd been on the pointy end for
a long time." - Ernest Lilley, Reviewer Emeritus, SF Revu
"It's not often that a sci-fi military-thriller mass paperback will remind
you of a Pulitzer nominee, but that's certainly the case with T.C.
McCarthy's absolutely astounding literary debut, Germline. Astute
readers will also see a lot of Graham Greene and Ernest Hemingway
in this book." -Chicago Center for Literature and Photography
"Compelling debut," "a portrait of the effects of battlefield stress that
is difficult to bear but impossible to put down," and "one of the best
SFF novels of Fall 2011." - Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
"The Character of Oscar Wendell is brilliantly written...One of the
most compelling science fiction books I've read all year, Germline is
much more than a novel about a futuristic war." -Impact Magazine
"Gritty and furious debut novel" and "a fantastic story of what war
may become" -Adventures in Sci-Fi Publishing
"Rapid-fire military sf adventure that explores the relationship
between the runaway development of technology and biotech and the
long-term conequences that ensue." -Library Journal
"A tour de force about a futuristic war and its aftermath." -SF Revu
"It takes real skill to lead a reader into actually seeing, smelling, and
hearing (and maybe even tasting) the realities of war." -Wired.com
"A well written novel that makes you consider the costs of war in
very personal terms." - SF Signal
From the back cover:
Germline (n.) the genetic material contained in a cellular lineage
which can be passed to the next generation. Also: secret military
program to develop genetically engineered super-soldiers (slang).
War is Oscar Wendell's ticket to greatness. A reporter for The Stars
and Stripes, he has the only one way pass to the front lines of a
brutal war over natural resources buried underneath the icy, mineral
rich mountains of Kazakhstan.
But war is nothing like he expected. Heavily armored soldiers battle
genetically engineered troops hundreds of meters below the surface.
The genetics-the germline soldiers-are the key to winning this war,
but some inventions can't be un-done. Some technologies can't be put
back in the box.
Kaz will change everything, not least Oscar himself. Hooked on a
dangerous cocktail of adrenaline and drugs, Oscar doesn't find the
war, the war finds him.
Find Germline at the following locations:
Mass-market Paperback and ebook
Amazon USA, Amazon UK, Amazon Japan, Amazon Germany,
Barnes and Noble, Books A Million, Waterstones, and Forbidden
Planet.
Audio-book (CDs and Tapes)
Blackstone Audio.
For additional information on the Hachette Book Group and
for booksellers, click here.
Mass-market Paperback and ebook
Amazon USA, Amazon UK, Amazon Japan, Amazon Germany,
Barnes and Noble, Books A Million, Waterstones, and Forbidden
Planet.
Audio-book (CDs and Tapes)
Blackstone Audio.
For additional information on the Hachette Book Group and
for booksellers, click here.
