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The '''Saga of Seven Suns''' is a series of [[science fiction]] novels written by [[Kevin J. Anderson]] as of November 2006. It is a series planned to span seven books, with the seventh and last to be published in two years. The series is set with a [[space opera]] theme, in a distant future. Humanity has spread out among the stars, colonizing a number of planets in the spiral arm of the [[Milky Way]] galaxy.
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| caption = Reese Witherspoon at the premiere of ''[[Flags of Our Fathers (film)|Flags of Our Fathers]]'', October 2006
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| ___location = [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]], [[United States|USA]] [[Image:Flag of USA.svg|25px]]
| height = 5'2" (1.57 m)
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| birthname = Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon
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| academyawards = [[Academy Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]], [[2005 in film|2005]]<br> for playing [[June Carter Cash]] in ''[[Walk the Line]]''
| notable role = ''[[Election (1999 film)|Election]]'', ''[[Legally Blonde]]'', and ''[[Walk the Line]]
}}'''Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon'''<ref>[http://www3.charlestoncounty.org/connect/LU_GROUP_2?ref=Marriage Marriage certificate (#1999002007), name spelling = Jeanne]</ref> (born [[March 22]], [[1976]]), known simply as '''Reese Witherspoon''', is an [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]]-winning [[United States|American]] [[actor|actress]].
==Synopsis==
==Biography==
===Early life===
Witherspoon was born in [[New Orleans]], [[Louisiana]]<ref>[http://www2.tulane.edu/article_news_details.cfm?ArticleID=6294 Interview with father, birthplace = New Orleans]</ref> to John Witherspoon, a surgeon from [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] who grew up in [[Nashville]], and Betty Reese, a nurse and college professor from [[Harriman, Tennessee]]. She is a direct descendant of [[Scotland|Scottish]]-born [[John Witherspoon]], a signer of the [[United States Declaration of Independence]] and sixth president of [[Princeton University]], who was also a [[Presbyterian]] minister. Because her father worked for the [[Military of the United States|US military]] in [[Wiesbaden]], [[Germany]], she lived there for four years as a small child. After returning to the [[United States]], Witherspoon, an [[military brat|army brat]] spent much of her childhood and adolescence in [[Nashville, Tennessee]], where, she says in ''[[Interview (magazine)|Interview]]'' magazine, "I grew up in an environment where women accomplished a lot. And if they weren't able to it was because they were limited by society. I grew up with a grandma--my father's mother--who was incredibly intelligent but was limited by the bounds of society and propriety ... She was a voracious reader, and she encouraged me to read a lot as a child ..." a woman whose "depression" and "disconnect between her capabilities and her lack of fulfillment and achievement" continue to motivate Witherspoon in life. After graduating from the prestigious private all-girls' [[Harpeth Hall School]] in Nashville, she attended [[Stanford University]] as a literature major. She lived in Cedro Hall and once treated her entire dorm to dinner at a Mexican restaurant. After completing a year of her studies, she left Stanford to pursue her acting career.
===Prequel: Veiled Alliances (Graphic Novel) (2004)===<!-- This section is linked from [[Kevin J. Anderson]] -->
===Career===
Witherspoon began her career in local bikini shoots. Her first role was in a [[1991]] [[made-for-TV movie]] called ''Wildflower'', directed by [[Diane Keaton]] and starring [[Beau Bridges]], William McNamara, and [[Patricia Arquette]]. That same year, at age 15, Witherspoon attended an open casting call for ''[[The Man in the Moon]]'', intending to audition as a bit player. She was instead cast in the lead role, immediately capturing the attention of critics. She has since built up an impressive filmography, playing both comedic and dramatic roles, including performances as Vanessa Lutz in ''[[Freeway (1996 film)|Freeway]]'' and Tracy Flick in ''[[Election (1999 film)|Election]]''. She was the voice of the [[animation|animated]] character Greta Wolfcastle in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode [[The Bart Wants What It Wants]]. She also played Jill Green, [[Rachel Green]]'s sister, in season six of "Friends."
[[Image:Veiled_Alliances.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Cover image of Veiled Alliances.]]
She achieved fame and a [[Golden Globe]] Best Actress nomination for her role as a fashion design major who decided to become a law student to follow her ex-boyfriend in the 2001 film ''[[Legally Blonde]]'', and became a leading environmental lawyer in its sequel ''[[Legally Blonde 2]]'', for which she received a reported $15 million paycheck, making her one of [[Hollywood]]'s top-paid actresses.
Centuries ago, the human race began searching the Milky Way for hospitable planets, hoping to alleviate crowded conditions on Earth. Eleven ships filled with self-sufficient explorers set out for the stars, knowing that, at best, their grandchildren might someday find a new home. And now the Caillié, a generation ship on the verge of despair, has discovered something FAR more interesting - an advanced race capable of faster-than-light travel.
She has garnered much critical praise and awards for her turn as [[June Carter Cash]] in ''[[Walk the Line]]''. Carter Cash, who died in 2003, personally approved of Witherspoon to play her. For this role, Witherspoon won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, [[NYFCC Award for Best Actress|NYFCC]], the [[FFCC Award for Best Actress|FFCC]], the [[SFFCC Award for Best Actress]], the Screen Actor's Guild ([[SAG]]) for best actress in a lead role, the British Academy's [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA]] for best actress in a lead role, the "Favorite Leading Lady" at the 32nd Annual [[People's Choice Awards]], and the [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]] for Best Actress.
The Ildirans not only help the people of the Caillié settle the planet Theron, they seek out survivors of the other ships launched so long ago. Once they've located most of the remaining human pioneers, the Ildirans send an envoy to the much-changed planet Earth seeking an alliance between the two races. The Earth is now governed by the wisened King Ben, with the shadowy figure of Chairman Malcolm Stannis pulling the strings for the Terran Hanseatic League behind the scenes.
Recently, Witherspoon has been featured as one of [[Time Magazine]]'s 100 Most Influential People. Her article was written by friend and fellow costar in the ''[[Legally Blonde]]'' movies, [[Luke Wilson]].
===Book 1: Hidden Empire (2002)===<!-- This section is linked from [[Kevin J. Anderson]] -->
[[Image:Reese Witherspoon2 2005.jpg|thumb|350px|Reese Witherspoon signing autographs at the premiere of ''[[Walk The Line]]'' at the 2005 [[Toronto Film Festival]] in [[Toronto, Ontario]], photo by Tony Shek]]
Witherspoon also runs a production company, Type A Productions. Some believe the company is named after her childhood nickname "Little Miss [[Type A personality|Type A]]," but she clarified the misconception in ''Interview'': "[P]eople think I named it after myself ... But it just isn't who I am at all. It was actually an in-joke with my family because at 7 I understood complicated medical terms, such as the difference between type A and type B personalities. But I just wished I'd named the company Dogfood Films or Fork or something. You carry that baggage all your life."
[[Image:Hidden_Empire.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Cover image of Hidden Empire.]]
Witherspoon has commented on her motivation to act. "Sometimes I think it's about acknowledgment. I always felt like people didn't understand me what I was capable of or what I could accomplish. I was driven to make people understand that I was capable of more ... But for me part of the experience of acting is that it is really moving--it's almost meditative, going into a different character. You lose all self-consciousness and self-awareness for that brief moment. It's really magical. Of course, it can also be drudgery if you can't connect with the material or director."<ref>{{cite web | title=That's Reese: stepping into the ring of fire | url=http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_11_35/ai_n15950788 | author=Ingrid Slschy | date=December, 2005 | accessdate=2006-10-30}}</ref>
Having colonized the worlds of the Spiral Arm, the three branches of humanity -- the Earth-based Terran Hanseatic League, the telepathic green priests of Theroc, and the fiercely rebellious, starship-dwelling Roamers -- consider themselves lords of creation. After all, humans share the galaxy with only two alien species, one harmless and one extinct. The benign Ildirans are an ancient, senescent civilization, while the Klikiss vanished ages before, leaving behind vast ruins filled with technological wonders, but no clues to their mysterious disappearance.
So ambitious humans see the galaxy as wide open for the taking. And when two xenoarchaeologists discover a Klikiss device that can convert gas giant planets into new, life-giving suns, the humans promptly put their new technology to the test. The result is hideous beyond imagination. For the supposedly uninhabitable gas giants are the homeworlds of another alien species - the Hydrogues. Infinitely more advanced than the Ildirans, supremely more powerful than the Klikiss, and now the victims of accidental genocide, the hydrogues don't seek explanations, apologies, or reparations. Instead, armadas of invincible, city-sized warships emerge from their gaseous worlds with a single purpose: to annihilate every last human - whether Hansa, Theron, or Roamer.
Even thought she appeared in many films, she has appeared nude only once, in the 1998 thriller ''[[Twilight (1998 film)|Twilight]]''.
Suddenly, humans need allies, but the Klikiss can't help them and the Ildirans won't. In their pride, the upstart worlds of Man have misunderstood the brutal realities of the galaxy and now face their own impending doom.
===Personal life===
Witherspoon met actor [[Ryan Phillippe]] at her 21st birthday party in March 1997, where, as she says, "I don't know what came over me - maybe the seven Midori sours - but I told him, 'I think you're my birthday present.' He thought it was so flattering, and now that I think about it...how embarrassing!" <ref>{{cite web | url=http://rwitherspoon.tripod.com/jane_1998.htm | title=The Nine About-to-Be Biggest Stars | author=Suzan Colon | date=November 1998 | accessdate=2006-10-30}}</ref> The pair got engaged in December 1998. Soon after, the couple starred together in the box office hit ''[[Cruel Intentions]]''. They were married on a [[plantation]] in [[Charleston, South Carolina]], on [[June 5]], [[1999]]. They have two children: daughter Ava Elizabeth, born [[September 9]], [[1999]], and son Deacon Reese, born [[October 23]], [[2003]].
===Book 2: A Forest of Stars (2003)===
Witherspoon is known as a very hands-on mother, and she and Phillippe claim to have never employed a full-time [[nanny]]. A self-identified [[Southern United States|Southerner]] who has credited her family with fomenting her imagination and love for storytelling and privacy, she told the aforesaid magazines that her parental philosophy has roots in her upbringing. "We weren't the kind of children that were shadowed. We didn't have nannies. We didn't have housekeepers. This whole L.A. culture is so foreign to me, because when I was growing up you wouldn't watch your children every moment. I'm always confused when people bring their children over and then want to sit with them while they play. I think part of the joy of being a child is privacy. Your fantasies and dreams are so important to you at that moment."
[[Image:Forest_Of_Stars.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Cover image of A Forest of Stars.]]
On [[November 10]], [[2005]] Witherspoon responded to critical news reports of her [[marriage counseling]]. "In what capacity is working on yourself or your marriage a bad thing? What marriage isn't a journey? ... Nobody's perfect ... We all have our own set of problems," she said on ''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]''. The next month, she said separately, "We are all on the edge, emotionally or psychologically."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://talentdevelop.com/counseling.html | title=Reese Witherspoon on the benefits of therapy | accessdate=2006-10-30}}</ref>
Five years after attacking human-colonized worlds of the Spiral Arm, the enigmatic hydrogues maintain absolute control over the galaxy's gas giant planets. On Earth, the corrupt government is exploiting the crisis, tightening an iron grip on rebellious colonies while seeking to dominate the other humans throughout the galaxy. Earth's alien "friends", the seemingly gentle Ildirans, are secretly abducting and breeding people in enforced sex camps. And the government is using military robots to build cybernetic legions to fight the war, robots that have exterminated their own makers and may turn on mankind.
Five years ago, humans thought they ruled the cosmos. Today they're the galaxy's most endangered species. But when an incredible new race of elemental entities suddenly appear, they destroy all known balances of power. For these beings have suffered genocide for millions of years and are seeking to annihilate all living things.
On [[June 21]], [[2006]] Witherspoon sued the tabloid ''[[Star Magazine|Star]]'' for running a "fictional" story on a third pregnancy that claims she is hiding the news from producers of her upcoming films.<ref>{{cite web | title=Reese Witherspoon sues Star magazine | url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13470214/ | date=June 21, 2006 | accessdate=2006-10-30 | author=Reuters}}</ref>
[[Image:Reese Witherspoon 2005.jpg|thumb|Reese Witherspoon being interviewed at the premiere of ''[[Walk The Line]]'' at the 2005 [[Toronto Film Festival]], photo by Tony Shek]]
On [[October 30]], [[2006]], Witherspoon and Phillippe announced that they have decided to formally separate after seven years of marriage. <ref>{{cite web | url=http://people.aol.com/people/article/0,26334,1552282,00.html | title=Reese Witherspoon & Ryan Phillippe Split | date=October 30, 2006 | accessdate=2006-11-09}}</ref> On [[November 8]], [[2006]], Witherspoon filed for divorce, citing [[irreconcilable differences]]. In her petition she sought joint legal [[Child custody|custody]] of their two children and sole physical custody, with visitation for Phillippe.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://people.aol.com/people/article/0,26334,1557007,00.html | title=Reese Witherspoon Files for Divorce | date=November 8, 2006 | accessdate=2006-11-09}}</ref>
Now for the humans and the myriad alien factions in the universe, the real war is about to begin.
====Paparazzi incident====
In September 2005, Witherspoon and her children were celebrating daughter Ava's sixth birthday at [[Disney's California Adventure]] theme park when they were approached by [[paparazzi]] photographer Todd Wallace. After Witherspoon declined to pose for photos at close range, police say Wallace became enraged and pushed a child out of the way, while hitting another with his camera, in his efforts to photograph the actress. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2005-09-07#celeb1|title=IMDb News:Reese Witherspoon in Paparazzi Attack|work=Internet Movie Database|accessdate=December 18|accessyear=2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywood.com/news/detail/id/3479003|title=Witherspoon Photographer Found Dead|work=Hollywood.com|author=WENN News|accessdate=December 18|accessyear=2006}}</ref>
===Book 3: Horizon Storms (2004)===
[[Image:Horizon_Storms.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Cover image of Horizon Storms.]]
The titanic war between hydrogues - powerful aliens that live within gas-giant planets - and faeros, fiery creatures inhabiting suns, continues to sweep across the Spiral Arm, extinguishing suns and destroying planets. It is a time when Chairman Basil Wenceslas of the Terran Hanseatic League and his figurehead King Peter must unify all branches of the human race to stand together against the threat even if they must resort to deception and oppression to do so.
But the freedom-loving Roamer clans and the forest-dwelling people of Theroc, whose "green priests" can communicate across vast distances through a network of sentient worldtrees, will not give up their independence so easily.
Wallace also allegedly shoved two theme park employees when they attempted to restrain him, and cursed at Witherspoon, causing several children to cry.
As a result of the altercation, Wallace was arrested and faced [[misdemeanor]] charges. However, before the case went to trial, Wallace was found dead in his apartment in [[Brentwood, Los Angeles, California|Brentwood]]. Police are investigating the cause of death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2006-02-24#celeb6|title=IMDb News:Body of Witherspoon Paparazzo Identified|work=Internet Movie Database|accessdate=December 18|accessyear=2006}}</ref>
The iron-fist policies of Chairman Wenceslas force the disparate civilizations to forge alliances of their own, creating turmoil that may break human civilization apart, as surely as the destructive Hydrogues will.
==Selected filmography==
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! Year !! Title !! Role !! Other notes
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| [[2007 in film|2007]] || ''[[Rendition (film)|Rendition]]'' || ||
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| [[2007 in film|2007]] || ''[[Penelope (2007 film)|Penelope]]'' || Annie ||
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| [[2005 in film|2005]] || ''[[Walk the Line]]'' || [[June Carter Cash]] ||
[[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|BAFTA Award For Best Actress]] <br> [[Academy Award for Best Actress]] <br> [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture|Screen Actors Guild Award]] <br> [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy|Golden Globe Winner]] <br>[[BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Actress|Broadcast Film Critics Association Award]]<br>[[National Society of Film Critics Awards 2005|National Society of Film Critics Awards]] <br> [[Teen Choice Awards]] for Choice Actress Drama/Action Adventure
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| [[2005 in film|2005]] || ''[[Just Like Heaven]]'' || Elizabeth Masterson ||
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| [[2004 in film|2004]] || ''[[Vanity Fair (2004 film)|Vanity Fair]]'' || Becky Sharp ||
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| [[2003 in film|2003]] || ''[[Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde]]'' || Elle Woods ||
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| [[2002 in film|2002]] || ''[[Sweet Home Alabama (film)|Sweet Home Alabama]]'' || Melanie Smooter/Carmichael ||
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| [[2002 in film|2002]] || ''[[The Importance of Being Earnest (2002 film)| The Importance of Being Earnest]]'' || Cecily || [[Teen Choice Awards]] Nominee (Choice Actress Comedy)
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| [[2001 in film|2001]] || ''[[Legally Blonde]]'' || Elle Woods || Golden Globe Nominee (Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy) <br> [[MTV Movie Award]] for Best Comedic Performance Winner <br>
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| [[2000 in film|2000]] || ''[[American Psycho (film)|American Psycho]]'' || Evelyn Williams ||
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| [[2000 in film|2000]] || ''[[Little Nicky (film)|Little Nicky]]'' || Holly ||
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| [[1999 in film|1999]] || ''[[Election (1999 film)|Election]]'' || Tracy Flick || Golden Globe Nominee (Actress) <br> [[National Society of Film Critics Awards 2005|National Society of Film Critics Awards]] Winner (Best Actress) <br>[[Independent Spirit Award]] Nominee (Best Actress)
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| [[1999 in film|1999]] || ''[[Cruel Intentions]]'' || Annette Hargrove ||
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| [[1999 in film|1999]] || ''[[Best Laid Plans]]'' || Lissa ||
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| [[1998 in film|1998]] || ''[[Pleasantville (film)|Pleasantville]]'' || Jennifer || [[Young Hollywood Award]] Winner (Breakthrough Performance - Female)
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| [[1998 in film|1998]] || ''[[Overnight Delivery]]'' || Ivy Miller||
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| [[1998 in film|1998]] || ''[[Twilight (1998 film)|Twilight]]'' || Mel Ames||
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| [[1996 in film|1996]] || ''[[Freeway (1996 film)|Freeway]]'' || Vanessa Lutz || Best Actress, [[Cognac Festival du Film Policier]]
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| [[1996 in film|1996]] || ''[[Fear (film)|Fear]]'' || Nicole Walker ||
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| [[1995 in film|1995]] || ''[[S.F.W.]]'' || Wendy Pfister ||
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| [[1993 in film|1993]] || ''[[Jack the Bear]]'' || Karen Morris ||[[Young Artist Award]] Winner (Best Youth Actress Co-star)
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| [[1993 in film|1993]] || ''[[A Far Off Place]]'' || Nonnie Parker ||
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| [[1991 in film|1991]] || ''[[The Man in the Moon (film)|The Man in the Moon]]'' || Danielle 'Dani' Trant ||[[Young Artist Award]] Nominee (Best Young Actress)
|}
Partly as a distraction from their peril, partly as a desperate hope, the Hanseatic League launches an ambitious new colonization program using the new network of alien transportals, instantaneous gateways that take hardy pioneers to settle new worlds once abandoned by the ancient insectlike Klikiss race. But the new territory comes with its own dangers and deeply buried mysteries.
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In the ancient Ildiran Empire, Jora'h - the newly crowned Mage-Imperator - must face the awful responsibilities and sinister secrets his predecessors have imposed upon him: from the extensive breeding program forced upon a colony of hopeless human captives, to a surprising and uneasy pact with the beetle-like Klikiss robots that could result in the total extinction of the human race. But Jora'h must also survive a threat no other Mage-Imperator has faced in ten thousand years - open rebellion among the Ildirans, an astonishing civil war and a challenge to his rule that could break apart the entire Empire.
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===Book 4: Scattered Suns (2005)===
==External links==
[[Image:Scattered_Suns.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Cover image of Scattered Suns.]]
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The destructive Hydrogues continue their war against humans and the fiery entities, the Faeros -a struggle that kills planets and extinguishes whole stars. Newly crowned Mage-Imperator Jora'h, the leader of the ancient and vast Ildiran Empire, struggles with the knowledge that the Hydrogues are only willing to give them peace if they help destroy the humans. But Jora'h's empire is destroying itself from within, when his mad brother launches a bloody rebellion across the Ildiran planets, appointing Jora'h's own first-born son as its leader.
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In the Terran Hanseatic League, Chairman Basil Wenceslas continues his red-herring war against the Roamer clans, eager to achieve a decisive victory, even against a supposed enemy that poses no threat. Their homes destroyed, the wandering Roamers scatter into hiding, trying to keep their culture and government intact, even when faced with enemies from all sides.
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Cesca Peroni, leader of the Roamers, finds herself stranded on a small icy outpost where miners have uncovered a hibernating army of alien Klikiss robots. Once released, these robots trigger another dark and ancient plot, one that could lead to a massacre across all human-inhabited planets. In a galaxy torn by war, treachery, and shifting alliances, it is clear that many of the races are untrustworthy, and that they are likely to turn on each other.
* {{imdb name|id=0000702|name=Reese Witherspoon}}
* [http://www.nndb.com/people/813/000022747/ Reese Witherspoon] at the [[Notable Names Database]]
===Book 5: Of Fire And Night (July 2006)===
[[Image:Of_Fire_And_Night.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Cover image of Of Fire and Night.]]
The extermination of mankind is at hand. In a war against alien races, killer robots, and elemental beings, Earth slips deeper into desperation. The Terran government always knew the hydrogues were a vicious enemy bent on humanity’s destruction, but they didn’t predict how many other factions would turn against them.
With his increasingly irrational leadership, Chairman Basil Wenceslas has driven humanity into a corner. The Chairman’s punitive treatment of Hansa colonies and free-spirited Roamers, as well as his refusal to aid the burned forest world of Theroc, has made enemies all around. Enemies that Earth cannot afford.
Earth’s own Soldier compies have rebelled, taking over much of the military, stealing ships and slaughtering crews across the galaxy. Even our staunch allies the Ildirans, led by Mage-Imperator Jora’h, are secretly scheming with the hydrogues to exterminate the human race.
As the war continues to go badly for Earth, the remaining factions of humanity plan for their own salvation. Worldtrees allied with “green priests” on Theroc have rallied hulking, thorny tree battleships, while Roamers work with powerful water entities, the wentals, to seed scattered planets with a growing force to challenge the hydrogues.
After Chairman Wenceslas has alienated and cut off so many potential allies, it seems clear that Earth is not well defended, and that it may be destroyed.
===Book 6: Metal Swarm (Due out December 2007)[http://www.wordfire.com/seven.html]===
[[Image:Metal_Swarm.JPG|thumb|150px|right|Cover image of Metal Swarm.]]
The alien hydrogues have been defeated, driven back into the cores of their gas-giant planets by an alliance of the Earth Defence Forces, the ancient Ildiran Empire, the gypsy-like Roamer clans and fantasic water elemental beings as well as gigantic living 'treeships'. But as the various factions try to pick up the pieces and recover, the deep-seated wounds may be fatal. The Hansa's brutal Chairman Basil Wenceslas struggles to crush any resistance even as King Peter breaks away to form his own new Confederation among the green priests on Theroc, the Roamer clans and an ever-growing number of breakaway colonies who have declared their independence.
Like jackals smelling wounded prey, swarms of ancient black robots built by the lost insectoid Klikiss race continue their depredations on helpless worlds with stolen and heavily armed Earth battleships. A race of capricious and terrifying fiery elementals, the faeros, has joined with an Ildiran madman to declare war against all life. And the original, voracious Klikiss race - long thought to be extinct - have returned, intent on conquering their former worlds and willing to annihilate anyone who happens to be in the way.
===Final Book 7: The Ashes of Worlds (Due out in 2008)===
==Timeline==
Ca. 1940's - Ildirans discover Klikiss robots on Hyrillka ice moons.
2100 - ''Peary'', ''Balboa'', ''Marco Polo''; first 'Generation' ships to depart from Earth.
2103 - ''Burton'', ''Caillie'' depart.
2104 - ''Amundsen'' departs.
2106 - ''Clark'', ''Vichy'' depart.
2109 - ''Stroganov'' departs.
2110 - ''Abel-Wexler'' departs.
2113 - ''Kanaka'' departs, last Generation ship.
2196 - ''Kanaka'' leaves colony at Meyer rubble belt; becomes Rendezvous.
2200 - Christian Gellar made Chairman of Terran Hanseatic League.
2215 - Roseanna Burke made Chairman of Terran Hanseatic League.
2221 - King Ben crowned on Earth.
2223 - William Danforth Pape made Chairman of Terran Hanseatic League.
2230 - Mage-Imperator Yura'h ascends.
2243 - Malcolm Stannis made Chairman of Terran Hanseatic League.
2244 - Ildirans encounter ''Caillie''; Theroc established as colony.
2245 - Ildirans come to Earth, search for more Generation ships.
2247 - ''Kanaka'' found, settlers taken to Iawa.
2249 - Compy OX returns to Earth.
Thara Wen (14 years old) becomes the first to 'take the green'.
2250 - Roamers begin skymining operations at Daym and elsewhere.
2253 - Francine Meyer made Chairman of Terran Hanseatic League.
2254 - Dobro experiments begin.
First Klikiss ruins (Llaro) reported by Madeliene Robinson.
Theroc officially delcares its independence from the Hansa.
King Ben poisoned; King George crowned.
2270 - Adam Cho made Chairman of Terran Hanseatic League.
2274 - King Christopher crowned.
2291 - Bertram Goswell made Chairman of Terran Hanseatic League.
2298 - Regan Chalmers made Chairman of Terran Hanseatic League.
2299 - Sandra Abel-Wexler made Chairman of Terran Hanseatic League.
2307 - King Jack crowned.
2315 - Clare Faso made Chairman of Terran Hanseatic League.
2323 - King Bartholomew crowned.
2337 - Mage-Imperator Yura'h dies; Cyroc'h ascends.
2338 - Miguel Byron made Chairman of Terran Hanseatic League.
2347 - Tam Charles Wicinsky made Chairman of Terran Hanseatic League.
2352 - Uthair and Lia Theron born.
2357 - Bram Tamblyn born.
2359 - Caleb Tamblyn born.
Robert Roberts II made Chairman of Terran Hanseatic League.
2360 - Andrew Tamblyn born.
2363 - Wynn and Torin tamblyn born.
2367 - Kelly Kirk made Chairman of Terran Hanseatic League.
2372 - Alexa Theron born.
2373 - Uthair and Lia Theron become Father and Mother of Theroc.
2375 - Yarrod Theron born.
2376 - Karla Baker born.
2380 - Maureen Fitzpatrick made Chairman of Terran Hanseatic League.
2381 - King Frederick crowned.
2389 - Ronald Palomar made Chairman of Terran Hanseatic League.
2390 - Margaret and Louis Colicos married.
2397 - Ross Tamblyn born.
2400 - Idriss and Alexa married.
2402 - Reynald Theron born.
Jess Tamblyn born.
2403 - Beneto Theron born. Uthair and Lia Theron retire.
2406 - Sarein Theron born.
Basil Wenceslas made Chairman of Terran Hanseatic League.
2408 - Nira Khali born.
2411 - Tasia Tamblyn born.
2413 - Raymod Aguerra born.
2415 - Estarra Theron born.
2417 - Celli Theron born.
2427 - Oncier ignited with Klikiss Torch.
Ross Tamblyn dies.
King Peter crowned.
==See also==
* [[Species of 'Saga of the Seven Suns'|Races and Species]]
* Characters: [[Ildirans]], [[Humans in 'Saga of Seven Suns'|Humans]]
* [[Planets of 'Saga of the Seven Suns'|Planets]]
* [[Ships of 'Saga of the Seven Suns|Ships]]
* [[Saga of Seven Suns Species List|Species List]]
==External links==
*[http://www.wordfire.com Kevin J. Anderson's web site]
===Interviews===
*{{isfdb name|id=Kevin_J._Anderson|name=Kevin J. Anderson}}
* [http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1285/is_11_35/ai_n15950788 Witherspoon interview, 2005, Interview]
* [http://freesfonline.de/authors/andersonkj.html Kevin J. Anderson's online fiction] at ''Free Speculative Fiction Online''
* [http://www.rd.com/content/openContent.do?contentId=18040&pageIndex=3 Witherspoon interview, 2005, Reader's Digest]
*[http://boards.theforce.net/Authors_&_Artists/b10347/5816881/?112 Kevin J. Anderson discussion at theforce.net Message Boards]
* [http://www.herorealm.com/Interviews/r_witherspoon1.htm Witherspoon interview, 2004, HeroRealm]
*[http://www.funtrivia.com/quizzes/literature/authors_a-c/kevin_j_anderson.html Saga of Seven Suns quizzes at Funtrivia.com]
* [http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/666/666865p1.html Witherspoon interview, 2005, IGN]
* [http://marriage.about.com/od/entertainmen1/p/witherspoon.htm Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe]
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