The Forever Hero

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First trilogy edition (publ. Tor Books)
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The Forever Hero is a trilogy of science fiction novels by American writer L. E. Modesitt, Jr. These books were some of the first novels L. E. Modesitt ever published.[1] Like most of his early work, the books are characterised by heavy usage of onomatopoeia, and a tendency to describe the characters by their physical appearance rather than name. The books have been published as both an omnibus and separately. The three novels are Dawn for a Distant Earth (1987), The Silent Warrior (1987), and In Endless Twilight (1988).

In this series, Earth has been destroyed almost totally by overpopulation and the ensuing ecological collapse. Only a fragment of its population survive, and those that survive live in the most primitive conditions. The protagonist, Gerswin, is a primitive, a 'devilkid' who is (inadvertently) captured by the interstellar government and trained in the military. Unique genetic mutations, and the effects of hundreds of years of Natural selection in an exceptionally harsh environment have left Gerswin with exceptional reflexes, enormous physical stamina, as well as, at least initially, a superb memory and incisive intelligence. He is also almost immortal. His goal is to salvage Earth and return it to its primeval state. He eventually does, and in the process, he destroys an interstellar empire, creates the greatest mercantile empire in history, and instigates the development of biological technology.

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1. ^ "Forever Hero". Macmillan. 25 October 2024.

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Works by L. E. Modesitt Jr.

Science fiction series|

| Parafaith Universe|

* The Parafaith War
* The Ethos Effect

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Archform|

* Archform: Beauty
* Flash

The Forever Hero|

* Dawn for a Distant Earth
* The Silent Warrior
* In Endless Twilight

The Ecolitan Institute|

* The Ecolitan Operation
* The Ecologic Secession
* The Ecologic Envoy
* The Ecolitan Enigma

Timegod's World|

* The Fires of Paratime
* Timediver's Dawn

Ghost Novels|

* Of Tangible Ghosts
* The Ghost of the Revelator
* Ghost of the White Nights

Fantasy series|

| The Saga of Recluce|

* The Magic of Recluce
* The Towers of the Sunset
* The Magic Engineer
* The Order War
* The Death of Chaos
* Fall of Angels
* The Chaos Balance
* The White Order
* Colors of Chaos
* Magi'i of Cyador
* Scion of Cyador
* Wellspring of Chaos
* Ordermaster
* Natural Ordermage
* Mage-Guard of Hamor
* Arms-Commander
* Cyador's Heirs
* Heritage of Cyador
* The Mongrel Mage
* Outcasts of Order
* The Mage-Fire War
* Fairhaven Rising
* From the Forest
* Overcaptain

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The Corean Chronicles|

* Legacies
* Darknesses
* Scepters
* Alector's Choice
* Cadmian's Choice
* Soarer's Choice
* The Lord-Protector's Daughter
* Lady-Protector

Spellsong Cycle|

* The Soprano Sorceress
* The Spellsong War
* Darksong Rising
* The Shadow Sorceress
* Shadowsinger

The Imager Portfolio|

* Imager
* Imager's Challenge
* Imager's Intrigue
* Scholar
* Princeps
* Imager’s Battalion
* Antiagon Fire
* Rex Regis
* Madness in Solidar
* Treachery’s Tools
* Assassin's Price
* Endgames

The Grand Illusion|

* Isolate
* Councilor
* Contrarian

Other novels|

* The Green Progression
* Adiamante
* Gravity Dreams
* The Octagonal Raven
* The Eternity Artifact
* The Elysium Commission
* Solar Express

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