Peace And War: The Omnibus Edition/Forever Peace, Forever Free, Forever War

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Peace And War: The Omnibus Edition/Forever Peace, Forever Free, Forever War
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Joe Haldeman
SeriesGollancz S.F.
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:704
Dimensions(mm): Height 196,Width 130
Category/GenreFantasy
ISBN/Barcode 9780575079199
ClassificationsDewey:813.54
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Imprint Gollancz
Publication Date 9 November 2006
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

WAR William Mandela is a reluctant hero, drafted to fight in a distant interstellar war against unknowable and unconquerable aliens. But his greatest test will be returning to Earth. A few months of his tour of duty equate to centuries on his homeworld, during which he becomes increasingly isolated from the world he has been fighting to protect. FREE Mandela returns home for the last time to find humanity has evolved into a group conciousness which excludes him. Alone, alieneated and missing the certainties of combat, he and his fellow verterans search for an escape - and finally look towards space. PEACE A war is raging, fought by indestructible machines operated remotely by soldiers miles away and for soldiers like Julian Class, war is truly hell. So when he and his companion, Dr Amelia Harding, uncover something which could take the universe back to square one, the prospect isn't so much terrifying, as terrifyingly tempting ...

Author Biography

Joe Haldeman was born in Oklahoma in 1943 and studied physics and astronomy before serving as a combat engineer in Vietnam, where he was severely wounded and won a Purple Heart. THE FOREVER WAR was his first SF novel and it won both the Hugo and Nebula awards, a feat which THE FOREVER PEACE repeated. He is also the author of, among other books, Mindbridge, All My Sins Remembered, Worlds, Worlds Apart and Worlds Enough and Time. Previous titles include: The Forever War Forever Free Forever Peace