![]() The uplift series of novels and short stories is set in a future universe in which no species can reach sentience without being "uplifted" (genetically brought to sapience) by a patron race, which then "owns" the uplifted species for 100,000 years. ![]() The third book of the Uplift series, The Uplift War (The Uplift Saga, Book 3), became a NY Times Bestseller and was WINNER: Hugo and LOCUS Awards for Best Novel, 1988, and NOMINEE: 1988 Nebula award for best novel. At stake is the existence of Terran society and Earth, and the fate of the entire Five Galaxies. Humans and their Uplifted allies must battle their conquerors or face ultimate extinction. Some day we may be judged by just how well we served, when alone we were Earth's caretakers." - The Uplift Warĭrawing on the startling events of Startide Rising, The Uplift War tells a tale of courage, survival and discovery.Īs galactic armadas clash in quest of the ancient fleet of the Progenitors, a brutal alien race seizes the dying planet of Garth, an Earth colony. ![]() ![]() Perhaps we are the first to talk and think and build and aspire, but we may not be the last. "But there is one more reason to protect other species. ![]()
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