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The Last Colony
Old Man’s War (Related to this series)
- Author
- John Scalzi
- Narrator
- William Dufris
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 21 March 2017
- Run Time
- 9 hours 51 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Rating
- 5.0 (1 review)
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What to expect
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.
They must save themselves – or die trying.
John Perry was living peacefully on one of humanity's colonies – 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 – despite dangerous interstellar politics, violence and treachery. And the planet has yet to reveal its own fatal secrets.
Critics Review
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John Scalzi is the most entertaining, accessible writer working in SF today
Joe Hill
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Gripping and surpassingly original. It's Starship Troopers without the lectures . . . It's funny, it's sad, and it's true
Cory Doctorow
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A fast-paced political thriller laced with observant characterization, great dialogue, and some genuinely original science
Guardian
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Clever dialogue, fast-paced story and strong characters
The Times
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Top-notch. His combat scenes are blood roiling
Washington Post
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Scalzi is one of the slickest writers that SF has ever produced
Wall Street Journal
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Astonishingly proficient
Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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Scalzi's prose harkens back to the Golden Age of science fiction while still remaining fresh and vibrant
Strange Horizons
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Details
- Author
- John Scalzi
- Narrator
- William Dufris
- Duration
- 9 hours 51 minutes
- Release Date
- 21 March 2017
- ISBN
- 9781509864560
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- Science fiction: military, Science fiction: space opera, Humorous fiction
- Rating
- 5.0(1 review)
- Narration
- 5.0(1 review)
Synopsis
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. They must save themselves – or die trying.John Perry was living peacefully on one of humanity's colonies – 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 – despite dangerous interstellar politics, violence and treachery. And the planet has yet to reveal its own fatal secrets.
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