The Light Brigade

I don't abandon many books, and certainly not after only two days, but this one must go. It's military sci-fi of the Starship Troopers kind, but devoid of any humor. Every trope of the genre is employed: A fascist corporate dystopia, citizenship through service, an alien menace, and endless descriptions of how grueling and cruel boot camp is. Apparently, there is some technology for turning people into light, and a war on Mars, but they haven't appeared yet, and I cannot bring myself to wait for that.