Warchild is a science fiction novel by Karin Lowachee. It was published by Warner Aspect in 2002. Warchild was a finalist for the 2002 Philip K. Dick Memorial Award. Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Daniel Defoes Robinson Crusoe; title page of 1719 newspaper edition A novel (from French nouvelle, new) is an extended fictional narrative in prose. ... For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... The Philip K. Dick Memorial Award is a science fiction award sponsored by the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society, and named after science fiction writer Philip K. Dick. ...

Synopsis-

 The story starts when Joslyn Musey ,the main character, parents die in a pirate attack on his home shipcalled Italic textMukudori. He is captured by thepirates along with many of his friends who are later sold off. The captain of the ship, Falcone, takes Jos under his wing and teaches him poker and manners for one year. His ship, Ghengis Khan docks at a station that is attacked by Strits or striviirc-na, in which Jos escapes before being shot in the back by Falcone. He wakes up in a strange room and meets a strange man who learns to be Nikolas who is the war leader of the strits and their allies symps (sypathizers). He is then taken as a student by Niko and is later sent onboard a Earth-hub carrier to gain information on the captian, who is a possible link to a peace treaty between the strits and Earth-Hub. the story ends when Jos is captured along with many of his teammates by Falcone who is attacked by Niko and later captured and killed by Jos. 

It has two sequels, Burndive, and Cagebird.

External link

• Publisher's description of Warchild

WarChild can also refer to:

• War Child (song), a song by American band Blondie
• War Child (album), a 1974 album by Jethro Tull
• War Child (charity), a Dutch, British and Canadian charity