The Quiet War Series by Paul McAuley

3.67 · 40 ratings
  • The Quiet War (The Quiet War #1)
    #1

    The Quiet War (The Quiet War #1)

    Paul McAuley

    Rated: 3.57 of 5 stars
    · 14 ratings · published 2008

    This exotic, fast-paced space opera turns on a single question: who decides what it means to be human?

  • Life After Wartime (The Quiet War #1)
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    Life After Wartime (The Quiet War #1)

    Paul McAuley

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 2 ratings · published 2013

    Three long stories and fourteen short stories and snapshots set in the aftermath of a short, sharp asymmetrical war between Earth and colonists of the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, and in the subsequent golden age of exploration and colonisation of the solar system. Shares the same future history as Paul McAuley's novels The Quiet War (short-listed for the Arthur C. Clarke Award), Gardens of the Sun (short-listed for the John W... more

  • Gardens of the Sun (The Quiet War #2)
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    Gardens of the Sun (The Quiet War #2)

    Paul McAuley

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 2009

    The Quiet War is over. The city states of the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, founded by descendants of refugees from Earth’s repressive regimes, the Outers, have fallen to the Three Powers Alliance of Greater Brazil, the European Union, and the Pacific Community. A century of enlightenment, rational utopianism and exploration of new ways of being human has fallen dark... more

  • In the Mouth of the Whale (The Quiet War #3)
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    In the Mouth of the Whale (The Quiet War #3)

    Paul McAuley

    Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 2012

    In the system of Fomalhaut, a war is being fought. The Quicks came long ago, refugees from the solar system. The True arrived later, to find a declining civilisation, ripe for the taking. Then the Ghosts appeared, unknowable, powerful and determined to drive out the Quick and the True.

  • Evening's Empires (The Quiet War #4)
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    Evening's Empires (The Quiet War #4)

    Paul McAuley

    Rated: 3.67 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 2013

    In the far future, a young man stands on a barren asteroid. His ship has been stolen, his family kidnapped or worse, and all he has on his side is a semi-intelligent spacesuit. The only member of the crew to escape, Hari has barely been off his ship before. It was his birthplace, his home and his future. He's going to get it back. McAuley's latest novel is set in the same far-flung future as his last few novels, but this time he takes on a much more personal story... more

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