John learns about Dennis (who is four years older than John) through his contacts, and even joins him on the mission to rescue Kyle and Mary in 2016, but he generally keeps his distance. They are killed in 2016 by a T-90 when Kyle is 10 years old. Lieutenant Dennis Reese and his wife Mary (Shea), a nurse: Kyle’s parents. In the previous timeline, Kyle was born in 2010. For his part, Kyle learns his survival and fighting skills from his parents.
When John meets 10-year-old Kyle, he makes sure to not develop a close relationship, not wanting to mess with fate. Sergeant Kyle Reese: John knows about Kyle’s birth in 2006 and follows him from a distance through emails and old-fashioned letters from his resistance contacts. He continues to be a key organizer of the resistance. Sarah makes sure to not interact with Kyle so as not to mess with fate.ĭieter von Rossbach: Sarah’s loyal boyfriend throughout the book, and the man upon which the Arnold model Terminator would be modeled. Only John, Dieter and a few close allies know she’s actually alive. John had decided a decade or so earlier to “martyr” Sarah so the resistance could be inspired. From a hiding place in the facility, the 64-year-old Sarah even watches the conclusive TDE events unfold. Sarah Connor: Somewhat surprisingly, she is alive and well throughout the whole story. (The book mistakenly says he’s 42.) In this book, John’s (and Sarah’s and Dieter’s) nominal home base is in Alaska, a departure from their Paraguay home of the first two books. John Connor: Already forced to grow up fast from the events of “T2” and the first two books in Stirling’s trilogy, he acts out his destiny as a great leader in “The Future War,” from young adult in 2003 to a 44-year-old grizzled veteran in 2029. Still, there’s also some solid writing here, particularly the harrowing sequence where 7-year-old Kyle and his mom are captured by violent Luddites. Indeed, many aspects of “The Future War” seem rushed: Dieter and Sarah have increasingly smaller roles, Infiltrators never factor into the story, and Stirling arguably makes a mistake in the final pages by having our heroes use the same TDE (time displacement equipment) as the villains. Perhaps Stirling was rushing to get this book out before “T3” hit theaters (both were released in July 2003). But while “Infiltrator” and “Rising Storm” each ran over 500 pages in paperback form, “The Future War” clocks in at a mere 375.
Stirling’s approach is somewhat surprising, as a reader might assume the final entry would be even more epic than the first two books.
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Rather, it is more of a series of vignettes, with a lot of jumps forward in time, that eventually brings us to 2029 and the portrayal of the Terminators and Kyle going back through time, thus bringing the saga full-circle. Stirling’s “T2” trilogy, “The Future War” isn’t a decompressed novel where the heroes and villains have specific, clashing missions. In contrast to the first two novels of S.M. While previous works explored the “present” (young John) and “future” (resistance leader John) of the “Terminator” timeline, “T2: The Future War” (2003) was the first story to link the two eras by showing what happens in between.
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