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Debra (USA: OR) (2024/02/13): Description: Forever War, Bk 2?; Although Forever Peace bears a title similar to Joe Haldeman's classic novel The Forever War, he says it's not a sequel. Publisher: Ace Books, Book Type: MMP, Publication Date: 10/1/1998, Pages: 351 In the year 2043, the Ngumi War rages. Limited nuclear strikes have been used on Atlanta and two enemy cities, but the war goes on, fought by 'soldierboys' -- indestructible war machines operated by remote control by soldiers hundreds of miles away. — Julian Class is one of these soldiers, and for him war is truly hell. The psychological strain of being jacked-in to his soldierboy -- and the genocidal results -- are becoming too much to bear. Now he and his companion, Dr Amelia Harding, have made a terrifying scientific discovery, which could literally take the universe back to square one. Except that for Julian, the discovery isn't so much terrifying as tempting...
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