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.
PRAISE FOR THE OLD MAN'S WAR SERIES
"Clever dialogue, fast-paced story and strong characters." The Times
"Great fun" Daily Telegraph
Industry Reviews
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 * Astonishingly proficient * Publishers Weekly (starred review) * Scalzi's prose harkens back to the Golden Age of science fiction while still remaining fresh and vibrant * Strange Horizons * 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 * Astonishingly proficient * Publishers Weekly (starred review) * Scalzi's prose harkens back to the Golden Age of science fiction while still remaining fresh and vibrant * Strange Horizons *
