The End of All Things - (Old Man's War) by John Scalzi (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

From New York Times bestselling author John Scalzi, The End of All Things is released for the first time in trade paperback with a new introduction by the author.

Humans expanded into space...only to find a universe populated with multiple alien species bent on their destruction. Thus was the Colonial Union formed, to help protect us from a hostile universe. The Colonial Union used the Earth and its excess population for colonists and soldiers. It was a good arrangement...for the Colonial Union. Then the Earth said: no more.

Now the Colonial Union is living on borrowed time-a couple of decades at most, before the ranks of the Colonial Defense Forces are depleted and the struggling human colonies are vulnerable to the alien species who have been waiting for the first sign of weakness, to drive humanity to ruin. And there's another problem: A group, lurking in the darkness of space, playing human and alien against each other-and against their own kind-for their own unknown reasons.

In this collapsing universe, CDF Lieutenant Harry Wilson and the Colonial Union diplomats he works with race against the clock to discover who is behind attacks on the Union and on alien races, to seek peace with a suspicious, angry Earth, and keep humanity's union intact...or else risk oblivion, and extinction-and the end of all things.

Old Man's War Series
#1 Old Man's War
#2 The Ghost Brigades
#3 The Last Colony
#4 Zoe's Tale
#5 The Human Division
#6 The End of All Things
Short fiction: "After the Coup"

Review Quotes

Praise for The End of All Things:

"Scalzi knows just how to satisfy his fans, providing tense, thrilling action scenes while turning a critical eye on the interstellar equivalents of the military-industrial complex." -Publishers Weekly

"Delightful, compulsively readable, and even somewhat nutritious brain candy."-Kirkus

Praise for the Old Man's War Series:

"John Scalzi writes science fiction that is fun, intelligent, and irreverent. I haven't enjoyed science fiction this much in years." --Christopher Paolini

"John Scalzi is a fresh and appealing new voice, and Old Man's War is classic SF seen from a modern perspective." --Robert Charles Wilson

"I enjoyed Old Man's War immensely... fast action, vivid characters, moral complexity and cool speculative physics, set in a future you almost want to live into, and a universe you sincerely hope you don't live in already." --Ken MacLeod

"A mix of Starship Troopers and Universal Soldier, Ghost evokes awakening, betrayal, and combat in the best military sci-fi tradition." --Entertainment Weekly

"[Scalzi's] stories really deliver emotionally and that he has a tone of voice that is immediately warm, attractive and welcoming. You want to read his book, hear his story, and he seems to want to tell it to you." --Jonathan Strahan

Praise for John Scalzi:

"I can honestly say I can't think of another book that ever made me laugh this much. Ever." --Patrick Rothfuss, New York Times bestselling author of The Name of the Wind on Redshirts

"Scalzi takes apart the whole Star Trek universe and puts it back together far more plausibly--and a lot funnier too." --Lev Grossman, New York Times bestselling author of The Magicians on Redshirts

"This is a John Scalzi novel, and a reader must expect the unexpected, including a surprising emotional punch as the story unfolds, reconfigures and steps outside itself." --The New York Times on Redshirts

"Scalzi's latest is a light-hearted story with a likeable fish-out-of-water protagonist and a lot of very smart cats. There's also a dolphin labor dispute, some truly awful techbros, and a volcano island lair... Who could resist?" --Rebecca Roanhorse, author of Black Sun on Starter Villain

About the Author

JOHN SCALZI is one of the most popular science fiction authors of his generation. His debut, Old Man's War, won him the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. His New York Times bestsellers include The Last Colony, Fuzzy Nation, Redshirts (which won the 2013 Hugo Award for Best Novel), The Last Emperox, The Kaiju Preservation Society, and Starter Villain. Material from his blog, Whatever, has earned him two other Hugo Awards. He lives in Ohio with his wife and daughter.