Book 1 The Forever War
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.



Book 2 Forever Free
A veteran of the Forever War, William Mandella lives on the snow-covered planet set aside for his kind, supporting his family by ice-fishing and teaching physics. 
But now Mandella's life has become obsolete.

The denizens of Earth have evolved into a group consciousness and taken control of his new home - keeping its independent human inhabitants alive for the sake of their diverse gene pool. 
But that's not how Mandella and his fellow soldiers want to exist. 
So, in desperation, he rallies the humans to hijack a spaceship and take to the stars, to begin humanity anew...

Then something goes wrong. 
The crew is forced to abandon ship - and return home in suspended animation twenty-five years later. 
But the planet has aged centuries during their voyage - and the crew wonders what new world awaits their arrival...

[Note: This is a direct sequel to The Forever War. Forever Peace, despite being marketed as book 2 in the series has no relation to the other two books and does not even take place in the same universe.]