num_pages: 218
description: Series Info:This is the first part of the "Forever War" series, however it can be read as a standalone.Book Description:The Earth's leaders have drawn a line in the interstellar sand—despite the fact that the fierce alien enemy that they would oppose is inscrutable, unconquerable, and very far away. A reluctant conscript drafted into an elite Military unit, Private William Mandella has been propelled through space and time to fight in the distant thousand-year conflict; to perform his duties without rancor and even rise up through military ranks. Pvt. Mandella is willing to do whatever it takes to survive the ordeal and return home. But "home" may be even more terrifying than battle, because, thanks to the time dilation caused by space travel, Mandella is aging months while the Earth he left behind is aging centuries.
language: English
title: The Forever War
titlecomplete: The Forever War
characters: Marygay Potter, William Mandella, Charlie Moore
genres: Science Fiction, Military Fiction, Time Travel, Classics, War, Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction Fantasy, Space, Space Opera
ratings_count: 162648
series: The Forever War, The Forever War (2017)
awards: awardedAt: 189331200000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 157795200000
name: Nebula Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 189331200000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 189331200000
name: Ditmar Award
category: Best International Long Fiction
publisher: Ballantine Books