The Future War — S.M. Stirling

THE NIGHTMARE THAT MAN HAS WROUGHT . . .

Sarah and John Connor and ex-counterterrorism operative Dieter von Rossbach are hiding out in Alaska--ever watchful of the Cyberdyne Corporation that is destined to destroy the world as we , know it--when the U.S. government makes a fateful announcement. Effective immediately, all military and communication systems will be placed under the command of Skynet, an extremely powerful, newly developed Artificial Intelligence. It is the moment Rossbach and the Connors have long dreaded, fought against, and prepared for. Judgment Day has dawned--as Skynet, on-line and sentient, sets out to obliterate the human nuisance, raining destruction across the globe. In the terrible nuclear winter that follows, Man's great cities become deathtraps, patrolled by Hunter-Killer and T-90 Terminator units programmed to exterminate the handful of humans left alive after disease and famine have greatly depopulated the planet.

The end of everything has come. But there remains one small spark of hope, one man to lead the desperate fight against humanity's ultimate extinction. And his name is John Connor.