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''Beast of Seven Heads'' was published on 19 October [[2020]]. It is a prequel to the rest of the books, and provides an in depth treatment of the events of the Third Great War as well as a survey of different characters and the kinds of people that would ultimately survive the Third Great War. The novel reveals that most of the survivors of the war were largely marginalized people, {{wp|preppers}}, or otherwise extremely remote rural people, none of whom had brain implants in large numbers. Controversially, ''Beast of Seven Heads'' included sequences wherein the protagonists of the previous novels, or their ancestors, kill, steal from, and otherwise commit violence against those who had once been their "social betters" (the rich, politicians, etc.) in an act of vengeance rather than of survival. | ''Beast of Seven Heads'' was published on 19 October [[2020]]. It is a prequel to the rest of the books, and provides an in depth treatment of the events of the Third Great War as well as a survey of different characters and the kinds of people that would ultimately survive the Third Great War. The novel reveals that most of the survivors of the war were largely marginalized people, {{wp|preppers}}, or otherwise extremely remote rural people, none of whom had brain implants in large numbers. Controversially, ''Beast of Seven Heads'' included sequences wherein the protagonists of the previous novels, or their ancestors, kill, steal from, and otherwise commit violence against those who had once been their "social betters" (the rich, politicians, etc.) in an act of vengeance rather than of survival. | ||
''Beast of Seven Heads'' was the worst received of the ''Final Great War'' series. Critics described the vengeance sequences as "gratuitous", with several arguing that they introduced extreme moral ambiguity and subversion of moral expectations into a series that heretofore excluded both. Geronato, as well as some more positive critics, argued that these introductions were necessary to make the characters "more interesting", and Geronato extensively quoted the Pauline Epistles ("for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God") on social media and in interviews without further elaboration. Nevertheless, the events which occur within ''Beast of Seven Heads'' are not referenced again in the follow-up novel, ''Next Great War'', beyond some general | ''Beast of Seven Heads'' was the worst received of the ''Final Great War'' series. Critics described the vengeance sequences as "gratuitous", with several arguing that they introduced extreme moral ambiguity and subversion of moral expectations into a series that heretofore excluded both. Geronato, as well as some more positive critics, argued that these introductions were necessary to make the characters "more interesting", and Geronato extensively quoted the Pauline Epistles ("for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God") on social media and in interviews without further elaboration. Nevertheless, the events which occur within ''Beast of Seven Heads'' are not referenced again in the follow-up novel, ''Next Great War'', beyond some general occurrences of the Third Great War as described within ''Beast''. | ||
In [[2021]], a Gernato paired a large amount of content of ''Beast'' with that of the original ''Final Great War'' novel to create ''The Time of War'', which abridges both novels in order to create a cohesive narrative regarding the Third Great War and an introduction to the series. In [[2024]], some of the more controversial plotlines of ''Beast'' were removed entirely from the newly published ''The Time of War Revised''. When the series was adapted for the 2025-30 television show, ''The Time of War Revised'' was used as the basis for the first season of the program, and accordingly most of the material from ''Beast'' was entirely omitted. | |||
===''Next Great War'' (2022)=== | ===''Next Great War'' (2022)=== | ||
==Themes== | ==Themes== | ||