Science Fiction
- The Forever Hero
- The Forever Hero
- Dawn For a Distant Earth
- In Endless Twilight
- The Silent Warrior
- The Ecolitan Institute
- The Ecologic Envoy
- The Ecolitan Operation
- The Ecologic Secession
- The Ecoloitan Enigma
- Empire & Ecolitan
- Ecolitan Prime
- Timegod's World
- The Fires of Paratime
- The Timegod
- Timediver's Dawn
- Timegods' World
- Ghosts of Columbia
- Of Tangible Ghosts
- The Ghost of the Revelator
- Ghost of the White Nights
- Ghosts of Columbia
- "Always Outside the Lines: Four Battles"
- Non-series
- The Octagonal Raven
- The Hammer of Darkness (Avon)
- The Hammer of Darkness (TOR)
- The Hammer of Darkness (TOR trade)
- The Green Progression
- The Parafaith War
- Gravity Dreams
- Adiamante
- Archform: Beauty
- The Ethos Effect
- Flash
- The Eternity Artifact
- The Elysium Commission
- Haze
- Empress of Eternity
- The One-Eyed Man
- Home
The Parafaith War
The EcoTech Coalition and the
expansionist Revenant theocracy are locked in a war against each other to control the
planets not already colonized by aliens. Tyrstin Desoll is a young officer in the EcoTech
armed forces. With little more than his determination and wit Trystin must defend his
outpost against the invading Revenants as they drop out of the sky in overwhelming
numbers. But Trystin does have one small advantage: a neural implant that allows him to
tap into almost any communications network.
After years of unremitting attacks by Revenant fanatics, the EcoTech forces are stretched to the breaking point. The war must end soon, before EcoTech society collapses, in either victory or defeat. But a religious and ethnic wear can have no real military solution; Trystin must find another answer.
The Parafaith War combines the best sort of hard science fiction adventure with an insightful examination of the relationship between the sacred and the secular."
Praise for The Parafaith War
"Mr. Modesitt's novel is a thoughtful commentary on the
comparative influences of science and religion in the human story."
--The Washington Times
"With echoes of both Joe Haldeman's The Forever War
and Robert A. Heinlein's Starship Troopers: dense, gritty, strong on technical
detail."
--Kirkus Reviews
"Modesitt has created a meticulously detailed military-SF
adventure that confronts the ethical reasons behind war but maintains a strong focus on
the warrior-of-tomorrow's daily life."
--Library Journal