Books Forests of the Night, Specters of the Dawn, Emperors of the Twilight, Fearful Symmetries, Moreau omnibus | ||
The Moreau series of books by S. Andrew Swann were originally published by DAW Books from 1993 to 1999. Two of the titles are based on lines from the poem "The Tyger" by William Blake, and features Nohar Rajasthan, an anthropomorphic tiger private investigator.
Novels in the series
The first three novels were re-released together as the Moreau Omnibus in 2004. In 2015, the first and fourth novels were released as The Moreau Quartet Volume One, and the other two as The Moreau Quartet Volume Two.
The series is set in the mid-21st century detailing a world after a series of near apocalyptic wars. Moreaus are animal-human hybrids created as soldiers by 21st century governments through genetic engineering. The first three novels forms a trilogy, with different main characters, dealing with a covert extraterrestrial invasion of Earth. The fourth novel returns focus to Nohar Rajasthan from the first novel, and deals with a human conspiracy to exterminate the moreau population.
Swann's Hostile Takeover Trilogy is set in the 24th century in the same universe as this series, with minor appearances by moreaus.
Swann's Apotheosis Trilogy is set in the 26th century in the same universe, and one of the main characters is Nickolai Rajasthan, a distant descendant.