Our fate is in their hands. . .
The Colonial Union's Defence Force was formed to save humanity when aggressive alien species targeted our worlds. Now Lieutenant Harry Wilson has an urgent new mission, as a hostile universe becomes ever more dangerous. He must investigate a sinister group, which lurks in the darkness of space playing different factions against one another. They'll target both humans and aliens, and their motives are unfathomable.
The Defence Force itself is weakening as its soldiers fall - without recruits to replace them. Relations with Earth have broken down and it will send no more troops, even as human colonies become increasingly vulnerable to alien attack.
Lieutenant Wilson and Colonial Union diplomats must race to keep the peace, seek reconciliation with an enraged Earth, and maintain humanity's unity at all costs. If they don't, it will mean oblivion, extinction and the end of all things.
About the Author
John Scalzi is one of the most popular and acclaimed SF authors to emerge in the last decade. His debut, Old Man's War, won him science fiction's John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. His New York Times bestsellers include The Last Colony, Fuzzy Nation, his most recent novel Lock In, and also Redshirts, which won 2013's Hugo Award for Best Novel. Material from his widely read blog The Whatever has also earned him two other Hugo Awards. He lives in Ohio with his wife and daughter.
Industry Reviews
John Scalzi is the most entertaining, accessible writer working in SF today * Joe Hill on John Scalzi * Will keep you obsessively turning the pages until you are either fired or kicked out of bed. This is the kind of thriller that Michael Crichton, Lincoln Child, and James Rollins do so well. Add John Scalzi to that list * Douglas Preston on LOCK IN * Scalzi is one of the slickest writers that SF has ever produced * The Wall Street Journal on John Scalzi * Scalzi is a master at creating appealing commercial fiction * Kirkus Reviews (starred review) * If anyone stands at the core of the American science fiction tradition at the moment, it is Scalzi * The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction * Gripping and surpassingly original. It's Starship Troopers without the lectures * Cory Doctorow on the Old Man's War series * Clever dialogue, fast-paced story and strong characters * The Times on the Old Man's War books * It gladdens the reader's heart ... great fun * Daily Telegraph on the Old Man's War series * Top-notch. His combat scenes are blood roiling * Washington Post on the Old Man's war books * Scalzi is one of the slickest writers that SF has ever produced * Wall Street Journal * Will keep you obsessively turning the pages until you are either fired or kicked out of bed. This is the kind of thriller that Michael Crichton, Lincoln Child, and James Rollins do so well. Add John Scalzi to that list -- Douglas Preston on Lock In John Scalzi is the most entertaining, accessible writer working in SF today -- Joe Hill on John Scalzi Scalzi is a master at creating appealing commercial fiction * Kirkus Reviews (starred review) * Gripping and surpassingly original. It's Starship Troopers without the lectures -- Cory Doctorow on the Old Man's War series Clever dialogue, fast-paced story and strong characters * The Times on the Old Man's War series * It gladdens the reader's heart ... great fun * Daily Telegraph on the Old Man's War series * Top-notch. His combat scenes are blood roiling * Washington Post on the Old Man's War series *
