Reading order · 3 books · 1999 to 2001 · Set around the world
Colonization Books in Order
Colonization continues the Worldwar story twenty years later, when the aliens’ colonisation fleet arrives on Earth.
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Series facts
- Books
- 3
- Published
- 1999 to 2001
- First book
- Second Contact
- Latest
- Aftershocks (2001)
- Setting
- Set around the world
The reading order
Every Colonization book in publication order. Choose a title for its cast and summary.
3 books · Set around the world
- 1Second Contact1999With Sam YeagerIn 1962, the aliens’ colonisation fleet arrives expecting a conquered world, and finds Earth divided between humans and the Race.Buy on Amazon
- 2Down to Earth2000With Sam YeagerIn the 1960s, humanity’s rival nations must live alongside the reptilian Race, who now hold half the planet and whose ancient empire could destroy all life on Earth.Buy on Amazon
- 3Aftershocks2001With Sam YeagerThe United States, the Soviet Union, Germany and the Race contend for a world transformed by alien technology, and a crisis forces humanity to choose between unity and ruin.Buy on Amazon
Do you need to read them in order?
Read after Worldwar, starting with Second Contact. Homeward Bound concludes the story.
Who appears in which book
The series’ main characters, book by book. Lead means the book is told around them; minor covers cameos.
| Book | Sam Yeager | Atvar | Liu Han | Mordechai Anielewicz |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Second Contact | LLead | MMajor | MMajor | MMajor |
| 2 Down to Earth | LLead | MMajor | MMajor | MMajor |
| 3 Aftershocks | LLead | MMajor | MMajor | MMajor |
Characters in the Colonization books
4 characters from Harry Turtledove’s chart, with the number of Colonization books each appears in.
| Character | Books | First in this series |
|---|---|---|
| Sam YeagerMinor-league ballplayer turned soldier | 3 | Second Contact 1999 |
| AtvarFleetlord of the Race's conquest fleet | 3 | Second Contact 1999 |
| Liu HanChinese peasant woman | 3 | Second Contact 1999 |
| Mordechai AnielewiczLeader of the Jewish fighters in Poland | 3 | Second Contact 1999 |
Crossovers with Harry Turtledove’s other series
- Worldwar: Sam Yeager also appears in 4 of its books