This adult science fiction series follows a soldier drafted into an interstellar war against an alien species, where the relativistic effects of space travel mean that each tour of duty ages the soldiers only months while decades pass on Earth — turning every return home into a form of profound, disorienting displacement. The series is a classic of military science fiction and a meditation on war, alienation, and the impossibility of returning to a world that has moved on without you.
Drafted into an interstellar war against an alien species, soldier William Mandella discovers that relativistic time dilation means each tour of duty sends him centuries into an Earth he no longer recognizes, where human society has transformed beyond all familiarity. A rigorous, deeply personal anti-war novel drawing on Haldeman's own Vietnam service, examining the alienation of veterans and the senselessness of military-industrial conflict. A Hugo and Nebula Award winner.