This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this novel are either fictitious or are used fictitiously.

THE GHOST BRIGADES

Copyright © 2006 by John Scalzi

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Scalzi, John, 1969–

The ghost brigades / John Scalzi.—1st ed.

p. cm.

“A Tom Doherty Associates book.”

ISBN: 978-0-7653-1502-1

1. Cloning—Fiction. 2. Space warfare—Fiction. 3. Genetic engineering—Fiction. 4. Special forces (Military science)—Fiction. I. Title.

PS3619.C256G48 2006

813'.6—dc22

2005027330