| 词条 | War Dogs (novel) |
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| name = War Dogs | author = Greg Bear | language = English | country = United States | genre = Science fiction | publisher = Orbit Books | isbn = 9780316072830 | title_orig = | translator = | image = War-dogs-greg-bear-cover.jpg | caption = First edition cover | illustrator = | cover_artist = | series = War Dogs | release_date = 2014 | media_type = Print (Hardcover & Paperback) | pages = 291 | oclc = 879370656 | preceded_by = | followed_by = Killing Titan }} War Dogs is a 2014 science fiction novel by Greg Bear, the first in a trilogy chronicling a war between Earth and mysterious alien invaders in the solar system. After the sequel, Killing Titan was published, War Dogs was re-published as War Dogs: Ares Rising. Plot introductionApproximately 30 years before the beginning of the novel, a small group of alien refugees (later termed the "Gurus") landed on Earth and soon made themselves indispensable with their contributions to human technology and scientific understanding. In exchange, they "requested" Earth's help in repelling the hostile invaders (termed the "antagonists" or simply "Antags" or "Ants") who had chased the Gurus from their own star system, and were already establishing a beachhead on Mars. The narrator of the novel is Master Sergeant Michael Venn of the multi-national force of "Skyrines" (spaceborne Marines) sent to Mars. Plot summaryVenn returns home from his last tour of duty on "The Red" (Mars) and settles into his apartment in Seattle, Washington, remembering the events of that tour: Venn and his squad's combat drop onto Mars goes badly wrong after their fleet is attacked in orbit by the Antags. Venn and a handful of survivors are forced to trek across the Mars desert, barely surviving from day to day by finding isolated caches of air and water dropped for previous expeditions. They are unable to establish contact with other elements of their force or their commanders, nor can they receive any intel on the enemy's numbers or locations. One ominous sign of the Antags' superior capabilities is when a comet impacts near the horizon, its course apparently directed by the Antags. Just as they are about to asphyxiate, they are rescued by Teal, a runaway from a settlement of "Muskies", the leftovers of Earth's earlier, ambitious attempts to establish colonies on Mars. Critical reception{{empty section|date=September 2017}}See also
References 5 : 2014 American novels|Novels by Greg Bear|Mars in fiction|2014 science fiction novels|Military science fiction novels |
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