# The Ethos Effect

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- Book: [The Ethos Effect](https://www.bookquiver.com/l-e-modesitt-jr/the-ethos-effect) ([The Ethos Effect.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/l-e-modesitt-jr/the-ethos-effect.md))
- Authors: [L. E. Modesitt Jr.](https://www.bookquiver.com/l-e-modesitt-jr)
- Publisher: orbit
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-03-5650-566-4
- Published: 2014-11-06
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

Van C. Albert is a commander in the Republic Space Force of Taran. His bravery led to the defeat of a larger enemy ship but caused the inadvertent destruction of a civilian liner. Although his name was cleared, he now seems doomed to a life of backwater postings. He can only watch as a simmering cold war erupts into a fierce interstellar war, fuelled by the pull of religious fanaticism, economic and political rivalry. Van is seriously wounded on assignment, and wakes from a coma to find that he has been decorated and summarily retired from military service. Desperate to escape boredom, he jumps at the chance to fly a starship for the Integrated Information Systems foundation. Seemingly harmless, the IIS's influence is far reaching and Van soon finds himself at the centre of the action, a key player in a war which will shake all human worlds.