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
