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I wasn't disagreeing about the context, was I? Being realistic (I have absolutely no difficulty believing that people use plenty of offensive language about enemies in war situations, in addition to shooting them, and I'm not necessarily judging them for the language) doesn't make it any less of a racial/ethnic slur though.
Anyway, back to this book, I'm now finished with Under a Graveyard Sky and in spite of my various misgivings, the second part actually really grabbed me and I ended up enjoying it a great deal. Enough that I'll more than likely want to read the second book as well, anyway.
(I really wouldn't consider it YA, though. Suitable for mid-/older teens, certainly, like lots of action books, but not YA as a classification/targeting, even if one of the main characters is thirteen.)
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