Zoes Tale

#4 Old Mans War

John Scalzi

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St Martins/Tor
28 April 2009

Science fiction; Aliens; Military; Colonisation

Series: Old Mans War

"How do you tell your part in the biggest tale in history?

I ask because it's what I have to do. I'm Zoe Boutin Perry: A colonist stranded on a deadly pioneer world. Holy icon to a race of aliens. A player (and a pawn) in a interstellar chess match to save humanity, or to see it fall. Witness to history. Friend. Daughter. Human. Seventeen years old.

Everyone on Earth knows the tale I am part of. But you don't know my tale: How I did what I did -- how I did what I had to do -- not just to stay alive but to keep you alive, too. All of you. I'm going to tell it to you now, the only way I know how: not straight but true, the whole thing, to try to make you feel what I felt: the joy and terror and uncertainty, panic and wonder, despair and hope. Everything that happened, bringing us to Earth, and Earth out of its captivity. All through my eyes.

It's a story you know. But you don't know it all.

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By: John Scalzi
Imprint: St Martins/Tor
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 172mm, Width: 107mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 200g
ISBN: 9780765356192
ISBN 10: 0765356198
Series: Old Mans War
Pages: 406
Publication Date: 28 April 2009
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Zoes Tale (#4 Old Mans War)

The Last Colony will kick your butt across the galaxy and make you care. --Rick Kleffel, The Agony Column, on The Last Colony Scalzi's captivating blend of off-world adventure and political intrigue remains consistently engaging. --Booklist on The Last Colony In Heinleinesque fashion, the book is loaded with scenes of comradeship, isolation, ruthlessness and the protocols, which govern the lives of active-duty soldiers. But this is where Scalzi, famous for his blog 'The Whatever, ' surpasses Heinlein. Scalzi weaves in subtle discussions of humanity's growing fear of aging and our simultaneous attraction and repulsion to the Frankenstein-like creatures we are able to create. --San Antonio Express-News on The Ghost Brigades