The Omni conclude that William and Marygay provoked the 'nameless' and must convince the 'nameless' to leave the universe alone.
Meanwhile, more Omni appear, but some of the remaining humans and other Omni spontaneously explode inexplicably. The Omni and the lone surviving Tauran discuss the possibility of 'nameless' beings causing the unexplainable phenomena.
The Omni reveals that its race had given the humans and Taurans language and controlled their level of technology, but did not know what caused recent mass disappearances. This being has been on Earth and the other inhabited planets for millennia and is not certain of its own origin. On Earth, a shape-shifting being, an Omni, reveals itself. They then return to Earth, and realize that all other humans, Man and Taurans have disappeared, but robots and wildlife remain. Upon arrival, they find the planet still intact, but seemingly vacant everyone having literally disappeared at the same time as the incident on their ship. Instead of the intended 40,000 years, they have only been away 24 Earth years. One Man and one Tauran join the journey.Īfter Marygay and William head away from their planet, a series of unexplained occurrences happen and the ship starts to lose antimatter mysteriously. When permission is denied, William and allies hijack the ship. This requires the consent of the posthuman group mind now known as 'Man', and of the alien group mind Tauran race.
They, along with other Forever War veterans and other disenchanted humans on Middle Finger, hope that whatever they will find upon their return will be more to their liking. Their intention is to travel for 10 subjective years, at relativistic speeds, into the future, during which 40,000 Earth years will have passed on Middle Finger. Dissatisfied with the state of their society, they eventually decide to jump forward in time, using the time dilation of interstellar travel. William Mandella, protagonist of The Forever War, lives with his wife Marygay on the icy world Middle Finger, a planet of the Mizar system. Forever Free is a science fiction novel by American author Joe Haldeman, the sequel to The Forever War.
0 kommentar(er)
