>Also some of the stigma against self-publishing needs to be
>removed more DIY aaproaches to completing and publishing books
>can be embraced

Haven't read it but the description:

"There Needs To Be A War Going On Somewhere: Lieutenant James Shelley commands a high-tech squad of soldiers in a rural district within the African Sahel. They hunt insurgents each night on a harrowing patrol, guided by three simple goals: protect civilians, kill the enemy, and stay alive-because in a for-profit war manufactured by the defense industry there can be no cause worth dying for. To keep his soldiers safe, Shelley uses every high-tech asset available to him-but his best weapon is a flawless sense of imminent danger . . . as if God is with him, whispering warnings in his ear."

http://www.amazon.com/The-Red-First-Linda-Nagata/dp/1937197131/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1401819702&sr=8-1&keywords=Linda+Nagata

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