Series
Grainne War
Michael Z. Williamson, Christopher L. Smith, Jason Cordova, Kacey Ezell, Peter Grant & Tony Daniel · 5 novels · 1 novella · 5 novelettes · 2 short stories · 2004–2017
The Grainne War arc of Michael Z. Williamson's Freehold military-SF universe follows the libertarian colony world of Grainne (formerly Freehold) as it is invaded by the authoritarian United Nations Forces, beginning with Freehold and continuing through The Weapon, Contact with Chaos, Rogue, and Angeleyes. The books trace both soldiers and civilians caught in the occupation and the resistance that follows.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
- Grainne War short fiction(8 works)
Map
Grainne War at the centre, 1 subseries around it, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 2000s3
- 2010s10
Shape
5 novels · 1 novella · 5 novelettes · 2 short stories
6 authors
reads like:science fictionaliensother star systemsfar futuretenseadult
Mood
Grim and intense: 50% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book6 of 13 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- The Weapondarkest · calmest
- Freeholdbrightest
- Roguemost intense