The Last Colony

<p><b>Hard-core military science fiction at its very best, John Scalzi's <i>The Last Colony</i> is the third in The Old Man's War series.<br> <br> 'Gripping and surpassingly original' - Cory Doctorow, author of <i>Walkaway</i></b><br> <br> <b>They must save themselves</b> <b>-</b> <b>or die trying.</b><br> <br> 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.<br> <br> 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.<br> <br> 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.<br> <br> <b>Continue the gripping space war series with <i>Zoe's Tale</i>.</b></p>