num_pages: 216
description: Private William Mandella is a hero in spite of himself -- a reluctant conscript drafted into an elite military unit, and propelled through space and time to fight in a distant thousand-year conflict. He never wanted to go to war, but the leaders on Earth have drawn a line in the interstellar sand -- despite the fact that their fierce alien enemy is unknowable, unconquerable, and very far away. So Mandella will perform his duties without rancor and even rise up through the military's ranks . . . if he survives. But the true test of his mettle will come when he returns to Earth. Because of the time dilation caused by space travel the loyal soldier is aging months, while his home planet is aging centuries -- and the difference will prove the you never can go home. . .
language: English
title: The Forever War
titlecomplete: The Forever War
characters: Marygay Potter, Charlie Moore, William Mandella
genres: Fiction, Science Fiction, War, Space Opera, Science Fiction Fantasy, Classics, Time Travel, Space, Military Fiction, Fantasy
ratings_count: 162703
series: The Forever War (2017), The Forever War
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: Del Rey