How refreshing, I thought, a nice straightforward space trooper story… and then it turned out that whenever the troops went into battle they basically got Star Trek transported, broken apart into light and reformed, and every time the narrator broke into light, there was a chance that the reformation would take place in the past, or the future. Because the narrator feels constantly off-balance and uprooted, so does the reader, but for good reason; the journeys back and forth through time eventually uncover the roots of the futuristic war and lead towards a final solution. A really intense read that seems to ramble at first, before diving suddenly towards a conclusion.