Forever free
by Joe Haldeman, Andre Martin Kostner · first published 1999
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From back cover Ace paperback November 2000: A veteran of The Forever War, William Mandella lives on the snow-covered planet set aside for his kind, supporting his family by ice-fishing and teaching physics. But now Mandella's life has become obsolete. The denizens of Earth have evolved into a group consciousness and taken control of his new home -- keeping its independent human inhabitants alive for the sake of their diverse gene pool. But that's not how Mandella and his fellow soldiers want to exist. So, in desperation, he rallies the humans to hijack a spaceship and take to the sta
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Haldeman later wrote a "proper" sequel to TFW, Forever Free, but it's not nearly as good as Forever Peace.
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