FOREVER FREE

Ace, New York, 1999, 1^st/1^st.  ISBN 0-441-00697-3.  Hard cover, 277 pages.  Unread copies remainder stamped; touch of soil on outer page block/bottom board edges.  Dust jackets with price intact have light edge and cover wear; one copy shows small tear and bit of wear at lower front corner fold with some light creasing; one copy shows rubs and scratches on rear panel – will send best copies first.  ‘A veteran of The Forever War, William Mandella has since settled on a planet set aside for his kind.  Married with two children, he makes his living on the snow-covered world ice fishing and teaching physics.  But Mandella, his family, and his way of life have become obsolete.  The denizens of Earth have evolved into a group consciousness known simply as Man, and they have taken control of Mandella’s new home. … In a desperate gamble, he rallies the humans to hijack the spaceship Time Warp and take to the stars to begin humanity anew.  Then something goes wrong.  The crew is forced to abandon ship and return home in suspended animation twenty-five years later.  But the planet has aged centuries during their interstellar voyage – and the crew wonders what new world awaits them upon arrival …’ (from front flap)