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Violence
Some
Military action violence; alien combat
Language
Some
Strong language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief sexual content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Barely any
Themes of identity, consciousness, and military ethics
What this book is about
Scalzi's 2006 second Old Man's War novel focuses on the Special Forces — soldiers grown from the DNA of the dead — as they investigate a traitor who may have uploaded his consciousness into a new soldier. Features military violence. For older teens and adults.
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Military violence
Strong language
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