The Long War

· Long Earth Book 2 · Sold by Harper Collins
4.0
188 reviews
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The Long War by legendary author and Discworld creator Terry Pratchett and award-winning science fiction novelist Stephen Baxter follows the adventures and travails of heroes Joshua Valiente and Lobsang in an exciting continuation of the extraordinary journey begun in the New York Times bestseller The Long Earth.

War has come to the Long Earth....

Humankind has spread across the new worlds opened up by stepping, which Joshua and Lobsang explored a mere decade ago. Now "civilization" flourishes, and fleets of airships link the multiple Earths through exploration, trade, and culture.

Humankind is shaping the Long Earth, but in turn the Long Earth is shaping humankind. A new America that has christened itself "Valhalla" has emerged more than a million steps from the original Datum Earth. And like the American revolutionaries of old, the Valhallans resent being controlled from afar by the Datum government.

In the intervening years, the song of the trolls—graceful, hive-mind humanoids—has suffused the Long Earth. But in the face of humankind's inexorable advance, they are beginning to fall silent . . . and gradually disappear.

Joshua, now married and a father, is summoned by Lobsang. It seems that he alone can confront the perfect storm of crises that threatens to plunge all of the Long Earth into war. A war unlike any that has been waged before...

The full list of books in the Long Earth series include:

  • The Long Earth
  • The Long War
  • The Long Mars
  • The Long Utopia
  • The Long Cosmos

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4.0
188 reviews
Damien K
July 4, 2015
The US government essentially claims a bunch of land and pays citizens to colonize it, then says oops, and not only removes its support, but also freezes the assets of everyone who took the deal, then it says oops again and reclaims the land so that it can start taking taxes. Forgetting the fact that an extemist whose primary supporters nuked an American city would never be elected president, he still wouldn't have the authority to do those things. Also, Americans use british slang. Lazy writing.
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Sean Pennington
July 9, 2013
not as good as the long earth. king of an empty plot but helps with the world building. hopefully it sets up the next in the series. can't wait
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John Farris
April 16, 2014
I can't tell where Pratchett ends and Baxter begins, but this 2nd in the series doesn't fail to intrigue and satisfy.
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About the author

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) was the acclaimed creator of the globally revered Discworld series. In all, he authored more than fifty bestselling books, which have sold more than one hundred million copies worldwide. His novels have been widely adapted for stage and screen, and he was the winner of multiple prizes, including the Carnegie Medal. He was awarded a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to literature in 2009, although he always wryly maintained that his greatest service to literature was to avoid writing any.

Stephen Baxter is an acclaimed, multiple-award-winning author whose many books include the Xeelee Sequence series, the Time Odyssey trilogy (written with Arthur C. Clarke), and The Time Ships, a sequel to H. G. Wells's classic The Time Machine. He lives in England.

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