T2: The Future War
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T2: The Future War is a 2003 novel by S.M. Stirling. It follows T2: Infiltrator and T2: Rising Storm.
Picking up right after the events of T2: Rising Storm, Judgment Day comes at last in the spring of 2003 and the sentient computer Skynet begins using its control of the U.S. military to exterminate the human race. From their hiding place in Alaska Sarah and her son John, alert their allies among the world's militaries, intelligence agencies, and general populace in an attempt to save humanity from the machines. Eco-terrorists called Luddites, who round up survivors, confine them in concentration camps and expose them to biological weapons seeking humanity's eradication for the sake of the planet run rampant in service to Skynet. As the events of The Terminator foretell, the humans eventually gain the upper hand, prompting Skynet to resort to time travel to try to kill Sarah and establish its own existence. Read pages from this book courtesy of amazon
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Characters
The Good:
- John Connor, future leader of the human Resistance
- Sarah Connor, John's mother
- Dieter von Rossbach, ally of John and Sarah Connor, ex Sector agent
- Snog, resistance techno-wizard
- Ninel Petrikoff, a Luddite and romantic interest of John's
- Jack Brock, foster father for Kyle
- Captain Thaddeus Chu, commander of the USS Roosevelt
- Lieutenant Dennis Reese, Kyle Reese's Father
- Mary Shea, Kyle Reese's Mother
- Kyle Reese
- Dennis Reese's Dad, Lives outside Dayton Ohio, killed in Jugment Day
- Uncle Bob
The Bad:
- Dog Soldier, Homicidal militant Luddite
- Balewitch, Homicidal militant Luddite
- Orc, Homicidal militant Luddite
- Dr. Kurt Viemeister, Cyberdyne scientist, AI specialist, Nazi.
- Sam Marshall, AS-783490 Commander of Luddite patrol A-36
The Terminators:
- Skynet, self-aware military A.I.
- The Terminator
- The T-1000
- Serena Burns, The I-950
Notes
Events in this novel span in-depth from 2003 to 2029
Timeline
Chronology
- T2: Infiltrator
- T2: Rising Storm
- T2: Future War
