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The Last Colony

Military Science Fiction Adventure

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The Last Colony

By: John Scalzi
Narrated by: William Dufris
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Hard-core military science fiction at its very best, John Scalzi's The Last Colony is the third in The Old Man's War series.

They must save themselves – or die trying.

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.

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Critic Reviews

John Scalzi is the most entertaining, accessible writer working in SF today
Gripping and surpassingly original. It's Starship Troopers without the lectures . . . It's funny, it's sad, and it's true
A fast-paced political thriller laced with observant characterization, great dialogue, and some genuinely original science
Clever dialogue, fast-paced story and strong characters
Top-notch. His combat scenes are blood roiling
Scalzi is one of the slickest writers that SF has ever produced
Astonishingly proficient
Scalzi's prose harkens back to the Golden Age of science fiction while still remaining fresh and vibrant
All stars
Most relevant
I often knew who was speaking but this became really annoying at times…….
She said, Jane said. Zoe said he said. Too often. But a great story. She said, Jane said. Zoe said he said. Too often. But a great story

She said, Jane said. Zoe said he said. Too often. But a great story

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Amazing how each book in this series can be so different from each other yet equally so engaging.

Beautiful

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wasnt as good as the 2 previous books, but does advance the story so the next book should be an interesting listen

was ok

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Another entertaining science fiction book by John scalzi following the Old Man's War. I liked the well rounded characters in this one, although there was at least one plot hole I felt was left unresolved.

Another entertaining book by John scalzi

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This book lived up to my expectations following book 1. Really enjoyable read that started slowly but had an excellent and well structured finish.

Slow start but excellent finish to the three books

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