These brains can self-terminate if captured, and they can eliminate a brain showing rogue tendencies.
I don't consider the background the book a spoiler, so I am not hiding anything yet, but I will hide what I do consider spoilers.
Orson Scott Card never fails to deliver.
Contact the author: Dan thewarzone.
It was definitely written as the first book in a trilogy rather than a stand-alone in a trilogy.
All that was bad bad bad.