The Last Colony
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Retired from his fighting days, John Perry is now village ombudsman for a human colony on distant Huckleberry. With his wife, former Special Forces warrior Jane Sagan, he farms several acres, adjudicates local disputes, and enjoys watching his adopted daughter grow up.
That is, until his and Jane's past reaches out to bring them back into the game — as leaders of a new human colony, to be peopled by settlers from all the major human worlds, for a deep political purpose that will put Perry and Sagan back in the thick of interstellar politics, betrayal, and war.
The highly-anticipated conclusion to John Scalzi's SF trilogy begun with Old Man's War and The Ghost Brigades concludes with The Last Colony
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John Scalzi. (2008). The Last Colony. Unabridged Macmillan Audio.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)John Scalzi. 2008. The Last Colony. Macmillan Audio.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)John Scalzi, The Last Colony. Macmillan Audio, 2008.
MLA Citation (style guide)John Scalzi. The Last Colony. Unabridged Macmillan Audio, 2008.
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That is, until his and Jane's past reaches out to bring them back into the game — as leaders of a new human colony, to be peopled by settlers from all the major human worlds, for a deep political purpose that will put Perry and Sagan back in the thick of interstellar politics, betrayal, and war.
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Full of whodunit twists and explosive action, Scalzi's third SF novel lacks the galactic intensity of its two related predecessors, but makes up for it with entertaining storytelling on a very human scale. Several years after the events of The Ghost Brigades
(2006), John Perry, the hero of Old Man's War
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. Some readers may find the deus ex machina element a tad heavy-handed, but it helps keep up the momentum.
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That is, until his and Jane's past reaches out to bring them back into the game — as leaders of a new human colony, to be peopled by settlers from all the major human worlds, for a deep political purpose that will put Perry and Sagan back in the thick of interstellar politics, betrayal, and war.
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