The Last Colony

Hard-core military science fiction at its very best, John Scalzi's The Last Colony is the third in The Old Man's War series. 'Gripping and surpassingly original' âEUR" Cory Doctorow, author of Walkaway They must save themselves âEUR" or die trying. John Perry was living peacefully on one of humanity's colonies âEUR" until he and his wife were offered an opportunity these ex-supersoldiers couldn't resist. To come out of retirement and lead a new frontier world. However, once on the planet, they discover they've been betrayed. For this colony is a pawn in an interstellar game of war and diplomacy. Humanity's Colonial Union has pitched itself against a new, seemingly unstoppable alien alliance, dedicated to ending all human colonization. As this contest rages above, Perry struggles to keep his terrified colonists alive on the surface below âEUR" despite dangerous interstellar politics, violence and treachery. And the planet has yet to reveal its own fatal secrets. Continue the gripping space war series with Zoe's Tale.

John Scalzi is one of the most popular and acclaimed SF authors of his generation. His debut, Old Man's War, won him science fiction's John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. His New York Times bestsellers include The Last Colony, Fuzzy Nation, Lock In, Redshirts, which won 2013's Hugo Award for Best Novel, The Last Emperox and The Kaiju Preservation Society. Material from his widely read blog Whatever has also earned him two other Hugo Awards. He lives in Ohio with his wife and daughter.