ORIGINAL TRADE PAPERBACK. A chaplain serving in Earth's space fleet is
trapped behind enemy lines where he struggles for both personal survival
and humanity's future.
The mantis cyborgs: insectlike, cruel, and determined to wipe humanity
from the face of the galaxy.
The Fleet is humanity's last chance: a multi-world, multi-national task
force assembled to hold the line against the aliens' overwhelming
technology and firepower. Enter Harrison Barlow, who like so many young
men of wars past, simply wants to serve his people and partake of the
grand adventure of military life. Only, Harrison is not a hot pilot, nor
a crack shot with a rifle. What good is a Chaplain's Assistant in the
interstellar battles which will decide the fate of all?
More than he thinks. Because while the mantis insectoids are determined
to eliminate the human threat to mantis supremacy, they remember the
errors of their past. Is there the slightest chance that humans might
have value? Especially since humans seem to have the one thing the
mantes explicitly do not: an innate ability to believe in what cannot be
proven nor seen God. Captured and stranded behind enemy lines, Barlow
must come to grips with the fact that he is not only bargaining for his
own life, but the lives of everyone he knows and loves. And so he
embarks upon an improbable gambit, determined to alter the course of the
entire war.
**About Chaplain's War:
**Torgersen mixes the spiritual aspects of the book with subtlety,
integrating questions about God and faith into the story organically.
The result is thought provoking questions arising as part of an
entertaining story . . . Torgersen [also] doesnt shy away from
conflict, violence, or space battles.- Futures Past and Present
Solid hard SF with the frisson of well thought through action. Much to
enjoy! - Dr. Gregory Benford multiple Nebula award-winning creator of
the Galactic Center saga
About Brad Torgersen:
Brad Torgersen can write something technical and complex, yet still give
it real emotional depth. He's one of the most talented authors I've ever
read. -Larry Correia, author of the best-selling Monster Hunter series
Brad R. Torgersen shows why he's going to be a power in this field for
years to come.- Mike Resnick, multiple Hugo Award winning author and
editor
Brad Torgersen is a writer who's done a lot and come up the hard way...
and the depth of his writing shows it, especially in understanding the
nuts and bolts of technology and the souls of those who use it. - L.E.
Modesitt, Jr.
About Chaplain's War:
Solid hard SF with the frisson of well thought through action. Much to
enjoy! - Dr. Gregory Benford multiple Nebula award-winning creator of
the Galactic Center saga
