The Ghost Brigades (Old Man's War, #2)

by John Scalzi

“Genes build the flesh, Lieutenant. Genes dream the flesh, wherein the soul resides,”

In Search of Lost Time is a better translation of the original title,” Wilson said. “It’s a novel by Marcel Proust.

Cloud,

Cloud is the deux ex machina. Author uses him to literally move Dirac in space but also to move Diracs personality development in the narrative. Elegant!