2084 : a novel of future war / Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis.

By:

Ackerman, Elliot [author]

Contributor(s):

Stavridis, James [author]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2026Description: pages cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780593489895

Genre/Form:

Additional physical formats: 2084DDC classification:

813/.6 23/eng/20250528

LOC classification:

PS3601.C5456 A617 2025

Summary: "A gripping drama and chilling prophecy about the possible path to war for a planet devastated by climate change. In their novel 2034, decorated military officers and award-winning authors Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis imagined a war between the U.S. and China. In their follow-up novel, 2054, they imagined a breakdown in American politics fueled by a radical advance in AI. Now they make their boldest, most astonishing, and arguably most necessary leap-imagining the consequences of a climate war. By the year 2084, the world is divided into the equatorial countries that bear the brunt of the climate crisis-led by Nigeria, Brazil, and Indonesia-and wealthier countries like China and the U.S.-beset by their own problems after a series of civil wars. Tensions between the two sets of countries have reached a breaking point, until finally the so-called Reparationist nations of the equator decide that only military force can bring them justice. A fascinating and disturbingly plausible extrapolation from current realities, 2084, like other classics of the genre such as Kim Stanley Robinson's The Ministry for the Future and Neal Stephenson's Terminal Shock, deploys a global cast of characters, all protecting their interests as the fate of human civilization hangs in the balance. Often individuals seem small in the face of the forces that drive global change, but in the end, human agency proves surprisingly decisive. Big doors can swing on small hinges. We have it within ourselves to write a different destiny, if only we can imagine it"-- Provided by publisher.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Adult Book	Phillipsburg Free Public Library	Adult Fiction	New Books	FIC ACKERMAN	Ordered

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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

"Gripping...Ackerman and Stavridis stage a harrowing global conflict that pits military might against an appetite for justice... equal parts haunting and entertaining." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review

A gripping drama and chilling prophecy about the possible path to war for a planet devastated by climate change

In their novel 2034 , decorated military officers and award-winning authors Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis imagined a war between the US and China. In their follow-up novel, 2054 , they envisioned a breakdown in American politics fueled by a radical advance in AI. Now they make their boldest, most astonishing, and arguably most necessary leap--imagining the consequences of a climate war.

By the year 2084, the world is divided into the equatorial countries that bear the brunt of the climate crisis--led by Nigeria, Brazil, and Indonesia--and wealthier countries like China and the US, beset by their own problems after a series of civil wars. Tensions between the two sets of countries have reached a breaking point, until finally the so-called Reparationist nations of the equator decide that only military force can bring them justice.

A fascinating and disturbingly plausible extrapolation from current realities, 2084 , like other classics of the genre such as Kim Stanley Robinson's The Ministry for the Future and Neal Stephenson's Termination Shock , deploys a global cast of characters, all protecting their interests as the fate of human civilization hangs in the balance. Individuals often seem small in the face of the forces that drive global change, but in the end human agency proves surprisingly decisive. Big doors can swing on small hinges. We have it within ourselves to write a different destiny, if only we can imagine it.

"A gripping drama and chilling prophecy about the possible path to war for a planet devastated by climate change. In their novel 2034, decorated military officers and award-winning authors Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis imagined a war between the U.S. and China. In their follow-up novel, 2054, they imagined a breakdown in American politics fueled by a radical advance in AI. Now they make their boldest, most astonishing, and arguably most necessary leap-imagining the consequences of a climate war. By the year 2084, the world is divided into the equatorial countries that bear the brunt of the climate crisis-led by Nigeria, Brazil, and Indonesia-and wealthier countries like China and the U.S.-beset by their own problems after a series of civil wars. Tensions between the two sets of countries have reached a breaking point, until finally the so-called Reparationist nations of the equator decide that only military force can bring them justice. A fascinating and disturbingly plausible extrapolation from current realities, 2084, like other classics of the genre such as Kim Stanley Robinson's The Ministry for the Future and Neal Stephenson's Terminal Shock, deploys a global cast of characters, all protecting their interests as the fate of human civilization hangs in the balance. Often individuals seem small in the face of the forces that drive global change, but in the end, human agency proves surprisingly decisive. Big doors can swing on small hinges. We have it within ourselves to write a different destiny, if only we can imagine it"-- Provided by publisher.

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Publishers Weekly Review

Novelist Ackerman and former NATO supreme allied commander Stavridis continue to offer chilling global forecasts with their grim yet gripping third geopolitical thriller (after 2054). By 2084, the U.S. and China have fallen from grace on the world stage: civil unrest in the U.S. leading to Florida's secession and the long-term effects of China's child-limit policy have created a power vacuum that's been filled by India and Japan. To combat the Indio-Japanese alliance, the U.S. and China have formed a military alliance called the Consortium, which is fiercely opposed by the Reparationists, a group of nations demanding that the former world superpowers pay for their role in accelerating climate change and making life near the equator unviable. Through a mosaic of perspectives--including those of ex-marine Julia Hunt, now serving as a diplomatic envoy; Reparationist commodore Joko, whose family perished in a 2074 Indonesian superstorm; and crisis manager Jake Shriver, who's long felt divided between his American and Chinese heritage--Ackerman and Stavridis stage a harrowing global conflict that pits military might against an appetite for justice. As always, the authors spin geopolitical anxiety into exciting, discomfiting genre fiction. The result is equal parts haunting and entertaining. Agent: Andrew Wylie, Wylie Agency. (May)