Our War, Craig DiLouie
Our War, Craig DiLouie
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Our War
A Novel

Author: Craig DiLouie

Narrator: Andrew Eiden

Unabridged: 10 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Orbit

Published: 08/20/2019

Synopsis

On the battlefields of America, even our children will have to fight.
In his most powerful novel to date, acclaimed author Craig DiLouie presents a near future in which America is entrenched in civil war.
After his impeachment, the president of the United States refuses to leave office, and the country erupts into a fractured and violent war. Orphaned by the fighting and looking for a home, 10-year-old Hannah Miller joins a citizen militia in a besieged Indianapolis.
In the Free Women militia, Hannah finds a makeshift family. They'll teach her how to survive. They'll give her hope.
And they'll show her how to use a gun.
"An instant classic that will join the ranks of dystopian futures that at times feel all too real." - Nicholas Sansbury Smith, USA Today Bestselling Author

About Craig Dilouie

Craig DiLouie is the author of the highly successful zombie novels The Killing Floor, The Infection, and Tooth and Nail, as well as The Great Planet Robbery, a science fiction novel, and Paranoia, a psychological thriller. He lives with his family in Calgary, Canada.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Justine on May 05, 2024

An interesting story about child soldiers in the militia fighting in America's imagined second civil war. While I'm sure DiLouie was inspired by the fractious political landscape of the US, I think even he would have been surprised by the continued fallout of the disputed 2020 election results and t......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on August 23, 2019

Where to even start describing this powerful and upsetting book? It feels all too real, as an increasingly factionalized and radicalized America is plunged into a brutal civil war. Sides are drawn -- and armed. It's deadly serious, and as is sadly the norm in armed conflicts, children are the ones w......more

Goodreads review by LordTBR on August 30, 2019

Rating: ★★★★- Synopsis A prescient and gripping novel of a second American civil war, and the children caught in the conflict, forced to fight. When the president of the United States is impeached, but refuses to leave office, the country erupts into civil war. 10-year-old Hannah Miller, an orphan livin......more

Goodreads review by Siobhan on November 04, 2019

Craig DiLouie’s Our War is a book that is not as out there as it could be, considering the current political landscape. In fact, in some ways, this could be seen as a warning of what could come. I tend to steer clear of discussing all things political – everyone is welcome to their own view, and I’d......more

Goodreads review by Holly (The GrimDragon) on August 30, 2019

"Hannah's family and childhood were gone, but they were always there in easy reach for her to remember. Her mind retreated deeper until they came alive again, and this new world, this horrible, cold world, faded away to nothing." First of all, I absolutely cannot speak about this book without mention......more

Quotes

"Brutal, unflinching, mesmerizing."—Peter Clines, New York Times bestselling author

"An instant classic that will join the ranks of dystopian futures that at times feel all too real."—Nicholas Sansbury Smith, USA Today bestselling author

"An unflinching look at what happens when politics fail and war truly comes home, powered by the narrative shock of truth-telling."—Christopher Brown, author of Tropic of Kansas

"Presenting a dark alternate reality that touches the seams of current events and a possible future, DiLouie offers an uncompromising view of child soldiers and patriotism in conflict."—Library Journal

"DiLouie brings depth to his dark vision of America with a story that draws parallels to thesad reality of conscripted children fighting in real wars around the world today."—B&N Sci-Fi & Fantasy Blog

"This may be one of the most important books you'll read this year . . . . Craig DiLouie has written a heart-breaking, terrifying novel."—Cemetery Dance

"Our War further solidifies that Craig DiLouie is not only one of the best fantasists working today, he's one of the best writers out there, period. This novel is harrowing and heartfelt, upsetting and, most of all, utterly compelling."—Bracken MacLeod, Shirley Jackson Award-nominated author of Stranded

"DiLouie captures the individual tragedy of people fighting a war that destroys the very things they are trying to save."—David Walton, Campbell and Philip K. Dick Award-winning author

"This gritty, horrifying tale of hate ... sprinkled with moments of love, will leave readers with haunting memories."—Publishers Weekly

"DiLouie's prose is eloquent, deeply compelling, and poses a possibility that alerts us to protect our world against such possibilities as depicted in this imaginative story. It touches many chords of recognition, and that is yet another trait of a brilliant writer. Highly recommended."—San Francisco Review of Books

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