The Last Colony

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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

  • John Scalzi is the most entertaining, accessible writer working in SF today

    Joe Hill

  • Gripping and surpassingly original. It’s Starship Troopers without the lectures . . . It’s funny, it’s sad, and it’s true

    Cory Doctorow

  • A fast-paced political thriller laced with observant characterization, great dialogue, and some genuinely original science

    Guardian

  • Clever dialogue, fast-paced story and strong characters

    The Times

  • Top-notch. His combat scenes are blood roiling

    Washington Post

  • Scalzi is one of the slickest writers that SF has ever produced

    Wall Street Journal

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