Zoe's Tale (The Old Man’s War series, 4)

New
Paperback
2015
$11.13

'John Scalzi is the most entertaining, accessible writer working in SF today' - Joe Hill, author of The Fireman

John Scalzi's Zoe's Tale is the fourth in The Old Man's War series.
She won't go down without a fight.
It's not every day you up sticks and move to another world. But then, Zoe Boutin-Perry's life has never been ordinary. She's the adopted teenage daughter of two former super-soldiers. She's also a holy icon to a race of alien warriors who track her every move. So she's used to the quirks of being a human in space.
However, this time something's different. Betrayed by the authorities, Zoe - along with her parents and fellow colonists - finds herself stranded on a deadly pioneer planet. The Colonial Union has also set them up as a target for hostile alien action. Zoe must become a player (and a pawn) in an interstellar battle, which will determine the fate of humanity.
Her father's side of this story was told in The Last Colony, but Zoe's Tale reveals a whole new dimension.
It's a story you may think you know, but you don't really know it at all.

Synopsis

'John Scalzi is the most entertaining, accessible writer working in SF today' - Joe Hill, author of The Fireman

John Scalzi's Zoe's Tale is the fourth in The Old Man's War series.

She won't go down without a fight.

It's not every day you up sticks and move to another world. But then, Zoe Boutin-Perry's life has never been ordinary. She's the adopted teenage daughter of two former super-soldiers. She's also a holy icon to a race of alien warriors who track her every move. So she's used to the quirks of being a human in space.

However, this time something's different. Betrayed by the authorities, Zoe - along with her parents and fellow colonists - finds herself stranded on a deadly pioneer planet. The Colonial Union has also set them up as a target for hostile alien action. Zoe must become a player (and a pawn) in an interstellar battle, which will determine the fate of humanity.

Her father's side of this story was told in The Last Colony, but Zoe's Tale reveals a whole new dimension.

It's a story you may think you know, but you don't really know it at all.

$11.13

Save:$0.52 (4%)

Quantity

20+ in stock

More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 336
Edition: Main Market
Publisher: Tor
Published: 03 Dec 2015
ISBN 10: 1447295358
ISBN 13: 9781447295358
Book Overview: The fourth book in John Scalzi's exciting sci-fi series which started with Old Man's War.

Media Reviews

John Scalzi is the most entertaining, accessible writer working in SF today * Joe Hill *
Gripping and surpassingly original. It's Starship Troopers without the lectures . . . It's funny, it's sad, and it's true * Cory Doctorow *
A fast-paced political thriller laced with observant characterization, great dialogue, and some genuinely original science * Guardian *
Clever dialogue, fast-paced story and strong characters * The Times *
Top-notch. His combat scenes are blood roiling * Washington Post *
Scalzi is one of the slickest writers that SF has ever produced * Wall Street Journal *
Astonishingly proficient * Publishers Weekly (starred review) *
Scalzi's prose harkens back to the Golden Age of science fiction while still remaining fresh and vibrant * Strange Horizons *

Author Bio

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 includeThe Last Colony, Fuzzy Nation, Lock In, and also Redshirts, which won 2013's Hugo Award for Best Novel. Material from his widely read blog Whatever has also earned him two other Hugo Awards. He lives in Ohio with his wife and daughter.