The Last Colony

Author: Scalzi, John

Science fiction

Published on 3 December 2015 by PAN MACMILLAN (Tor) in the United Kingdom as part of 'The Old Man’s War series' series.

Paperback | 336 pages
132 x 197 x 23 | 238g

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' – Cory Doctorow, author of WalkawayThey 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.

Continue the gripping space war series with Zoe's Tale.