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The first of the three books - Forever War - is the meat of the story and is by far the best of the three, putting the issues of fighting a relativistic war front and centre, and the effect this has on the soldiers involved. Obviously it has dated a little in places (or alternatively has become a 'classic') but it still reads well and hasn't aged badly at all being comparatively well written (not like re-reading Asimov for example).

The second book, starts well, looking to shape up into a Vinge type epic. However, I really feel it was let down with what seemed to be a tacked on ending which was a different book from the one promised in the first half, and rapidly descended into the fantastical to wrap up with a clichéd ending.

The final book doesn't follow from the others, but is a companion story which reads much more easily as a modern tale of nano-tech and brain interfacing. An enjoyable story in its own right, only weakly linked to Forever War.]]>